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Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
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A skull found in the wall of an Illinois home is that of a teenage girl who died from childbirth complications in 1866, officials announced in a news conference following a public fundraiser to ...
The Mazon Creek fossils are found in the Upper Carboniferous Francis Creek Shale. [6] The type locality is the Mazon River (or Mazon Creek), a tributary of the Illinois River near Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The 25 to 30 meters of shale were formed approximately , during the Pennsylvanian period.
Paleontology has a long history in the State of Illinois, stretching at least as far back as the 1850s, when the first Mazon Creek fossils were being found. Early in the ensuing 20th century a Silurian age fossil reef system was discovered in the state.
The common names that Hadropithecus shares with Archaeolemur, "monkey lemurs" and "baboon lemurs", come from their dental and locomotor adaptations, which resemble that of modern African baboons. [5] [6] The genus Hadropithecus is derived from the Greek words αδρος, hadros, meaning "stout" or "large", and πίθηκος, pithekos, meaning ...
The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found 46 years ago during home renovations in Batavia, Illinois. With the help of advanced technology and DNA matches, the cold case has finally been solved.
Robert Kennicott (November 13, 1835 – May 13, 1866) was an American naturalist and herpetologist.Chronic illness kept Kennicott out of school as a child. Instead, Kennicott spent most of his time outdoors, collecting plants and animals.