Tag: Kim Nichols
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To find a Palaeosinopa, stare at the ground in the Badlands
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Read More: To find a Palaeosinopa, stare at the ground in the Badlandsby Rachel Bockrath On the morning of June 26, 2016, we set out for the field, another day of collecting. The tops of the hills look like freshly made brownies, in colors of red, orange, grey, and even deep purple. It looks like the set of a movie taking place on another planet.…
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A New Field Season Record: Students Find Over 640 Fossils
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Read More: A New Field Season Record: Students Find Over 640 Fossilsby Kimberly Nichols Working in fossil beds dating to 56-53 mya in the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming, the 2016 Colorado State University (CSU) Paleontology Field School crew, with the addition of visitors from the CSU Department of Anthropology, Dr. Joe Sertich of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and…
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Paleontology Field School 2015
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Read More: Paleontology Field School 2015The 2015 Paleontology Field School was extremely successful. This year’s crew set a record for field accessioned fossil specimens (over 500), assisted with quarrying (a first for the field course), and helped to determine the boundaries and potential of one of the most important Colorado State University field localities. The…
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CSU Anthropology Student Research: Early Eocene Primates in Bighorn Basin
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Read More: CSU Anthropology Student Research: Early Eocene Primates in Bighorn BasinLuke Weaver, an anthropology major with a minor in geology, presented his capstone research project, “Lateral and temporal distribution of early Eocene primates in relation to relative paleosol maturity, Willwood Formation, Bighorn Bason, Wyoming,” at the Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (WAVP) Conference Luke Weaver, an anthropology major with a…
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Anthropology Professors Achieve Excellence in Teaching
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Read More: Anthropology Professors Achieve Excellence in TeachingThe Department has much to celebrate this year as a number of our own have been recognized for their high caliber teaching. Dr. Katherine Browne received one of six 2011 Best Teacher Awards and was selected from nearly 300 nominations. Dr. Jason Sibold was awarded the College of Liberal…