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Fossil Bones and the Presidential Election of 1796 ― Part II
Early in 1797, Thomas Jefferson was still waiting to find out whether he had won the election (he lost to John Adams), when he unexpectedly
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- Oct 9, 2020
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Fossil Bones and the Presidential Election of 1796―Part I
Dr. Rowland here for another #fossilfriday
Since we are now in election season, it’s a good time to tell the story of a mysterious box of b
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- Sep 25, 2020
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World's 1st Museum Devoted to Extinct Animals
The first museum in the world devoted to 🦖 dinosaurs and other extinct animals was almost built in New York’s Central Park!
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- Sep 24, 2020
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KTNV 13 Things to Do This Week
The following is a list of 13 Things To Do This Week In Las Vegas: The Living Histories program on Sept. 27 at the Las Vegas Natural History
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- Sep 18, 2020
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Who made the first sculpture of Nevada’s State Fossil?
Who made the first sculpture of Nevada’s State Fossil? It was Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, a Nineteenth-Century British artist/sculptor
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- Sep 14, 2020
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Great Deals for a Great Cause
The Museum has serving Nevada since 1991, due to the support of community members like you. In place of the annual Dinosaur Ball, the Museum
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- Sep 9, 2020
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Knowing Nevada: Finding Ice Age Fossils
Enter Dr. Stephen Rowland, a professional paleontologist with the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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- Aug 30, 2020
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Ice Age musk ox? Carson River-area man finds bones in backyard
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A northern Nevada man’s backyard tree-planting project has turned up bones that he and a researcher think might be from the
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- Aug 30, 2020
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LVNHM #1: 5 Museums Every Las Vegas Gambler Should Visit
The main attractions at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum are animals. You can enjoy specimens from prehistoric age all the way to the pr
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- Aug 26, 2020
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UNLV professor says Grand Canyon reptile tracks among earliest on earth
Fossilized animal tracks discovered in the Grand Canyon were likely left by a reptile some 313 million years ago, among the oldest found on
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- Aug 25, 2020
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Rock fall at Grand Canyon Reveals Ancient Animal Footprints
Steve Rowland, a professor emeritus of geology at UNLV and Lab Manager at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, estimates they're 313 millio
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- Aug 24, 2020
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Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — It's something like a modern-day chuckwalla, side-stepping sand dunes on an island in what now is Grand Canyon National P
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- Aug 23, 2020
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What is a Horseshoe Crab?
Nevada was once largely covered in water, which is why the state’s fossil is a prehistoric marine animal called an Ichthyosaur (genus...
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- Aug 18, 2020
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Backyard fossil mystery explored by Las Vegas paleontologist
Tom Gordon of Carson City didn’t expect his backyard to become an excavation site when he starting planting trees this summer, but that’s wh
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- Aug 14, 2020
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Ice Age fossils discovered in Carson City – Video
Steve Rowland, paleontologist and professor of geology at UNLV, discusses the Ice Age fossils recently extracted from private property in Ca
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- Aug 13, 2020
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Trove of Ice Age fossils found in Carson City backyard now at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Tom Gordon of Carson City, Nev. was digging a trench for a water line in his backyard when he began to find bones that turned out to be the
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- Aug 10, 2020
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Trove of Ice Age Fossils Found in Carson City Backyard Now at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Tom Gordon of Carson City, NV was digging a trench in his backyard when he found bones that turned out to be musk ox fossils now at LVNHM
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- Aug 10, 2020
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Trove of Ice Age fossils found in Carson City backyard now at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Rowland added that the animal whose bones most closely match the shapes of the Carson City bones, is a musk ox-a long-haired, cow-like anima
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- Jul 30, 2020
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Hobbled by the Pandemic, These Local Cultural Organizations Find Creative Ways to Stay Connected
Here’s what some such local entities are doing to stay connected to their patrons during these crazy times. (Needless to say, all of them co
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- Jul 17, 2020
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#DinoTracker now LVNHM staffer
We're excited to share that long-time LVNHM Research Associate, Dr. Steve Rowland, joined our team this week in a new role: Lab Manager!