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DIED THIS DAY: SIR CHARLES LYELL (Nov. 14, 1797 - Feb. 22, 1875). Author of The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man (1863) and Principles of Geology (1830-83) where he argued that the observable geological processes explained geological history.

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DIED THIS DAY: MENDEL'S FIRST PAPER. Gregor Mendel’s lectures on his hybridization of pea plants were delivered before the Natural Sciences Society of Brünn on Feb 8 & Mar 8, 1865 where he described his LAWS OF GENETICS. Published in 1866, almost everyone, including Darwin, ignored it until 1900.

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In 1974, legendary comic book artist Wally Wood produced covers for LPs narrating classic adventure stories. Published by Western Pub. Comp who also produced a multitude of original (Magnus-Robot Fighter; Turok-Son of Stone) and licensed comic books including Tarzan and Disney characters.

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Born This Day: Mary Leakey (Feb. 6, 1913 – Dec. 9, 1996). Mary and Louis Leakey worked from 1935 to 1959 at Olduvai Gorge. After her husband died in 1972, Mary continued her work at Olduvai and Laetoli. She discovered Homo fossils at Laetoli including fifteen new species and one new genus.

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Born This Day: Alexandre Brongniart (Feb 5, 1770 – Oct 7, 1847) was a French geologist & paleontologist who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology. He first arranged the geologic formations of the Tertiary Period in chronological order and described them.

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www.sci.news/paleontology... I thought that we've had ancient collagen for over 40 years now?

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BORN THIS DAY: ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS (Jan 26, 1884 – Mar 11, 1960) - leader of the AMNH’s Central Asiatic Expeditions between 1922 to 1930 and inspiration to several generations of dinosaur palaeontologists.

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DIED THIS DAY: Godfrey Harold Hardy (Feb. 7, 1877 – Dec. 1, 1947). Created with co-discovering the Hardy-Weinberg principle (how proportions of dominant and recessive genetic traits will propagate in a large population). #HardyWeinbergprinciple #palaeoblog @panel.onologist

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From the classic Turok, Son of Stone comic book from Dell/Golden Key Comics. Everything a young, budding palaeontologist needed back in the 1960's!

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Xenoceratops foremostensis. Described my myself, David Evan and the late, great Keiran Shepherd. Art by Julius Csotonyi. The holotype material was collected by Wann Langston Jr. during his short tenure at what is now the Canadian Museum of Nature.

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