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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by thangalin on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:16PM (#35572801)
I wrote a coffee table photobook that includes some of those.

https://impacts.to/downloads/lowres/impacts.pdf

You may find that the bibliography cites slightly different dates:

https://impacts.to/bibliography.pdf

For example, dinosaurs died out around 66.04 ± 0.05 Ma.

Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by narag on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:37PM (#35573120)
I had not read "coffee table photobook" before, nice concept. (and yours is great, btw)

That reminds me of those big table screens that Microsoft (?) was selling years ago. Only seen in Hawai 5-0 again. Are they still for sale? What was the name?

Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by InvaderFizz on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:43PM (#35573184)
In standard Microsoft fashion, they were also called Surface.

See: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-surface-pixelsense-...

Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by Bjartr on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:45PM (#35573206)
"Surface", it's no longer available and they repurposed the name to use for their tablets.
Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by jjulius on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:36PM (#35573099)
This is super cool!
Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by avar on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:02PM (#35573968)
> dinosaurs died out around 66.04 ± 0.05 Ma.

The dinosaurs didn't die out, and are alive in abundance today.

I know what you mean, but it's interesting how many otherwise scientifically accurate publications use the taxonomic term as if though our understanding of the origin of birds hadn't evolved since the 1950s.

Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by tshaddox on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:25PM (#35574276)
The term “dinosaur” is used almost exclusively to refer to non-avian dinosaurs. In scientific literature the qualification is usually made explicit, but I belief even there it is sometimes clear enough from context to avoid the explicit qualification.
Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by kuhewa on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:12PM (#35575480)
Thats technically correct, the worst kind of correct. The same way dinosaurs, and hominids are both lobed-fin fishes (Sarcopterygii) as are all tetrapods.
Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by beambot on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:12PM (#35574830)
The timeline becomes wildly condensed in more-modern years. Would love to see a "zoomed in" timeline from 250Ma-0Ma to capture that detail on more pages. :)
Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by maxxxxxx on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:42PM (#35575800)
Wow, this is beautiful.