Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We’re kicking off the first episode in our new news series, Natural News from The Field Museum! Stay tuned for the next installment in two weeks, and check out our behind-the-scenes tour of the set next week right here on The Brain Scoop.
↓ More info + Links! ↓
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Papers/Articles:

1. 'Dinosaur Discovery'
An Unusual New Theropod with a Didactyl Manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. PLOS One (2016): bit.ly/2cTeVw5
Newly-discovered dinosaur had "T. rex" arms that evolved independently. Fieldmuseum.org: bit.ly/2c88kg8

2. 'Geez Louise that's a lot of Trees'
Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora. Science (2013): bit.ly/2coXwaN
The Discovery of the Amazonia Tree Flora with an updated list of all known tree taxa. Scientific Reports (2016): go.nature.com/2cWQaOj
How many trees are there in the Amazon? Fieldmuseum.org (2013): bit.ly/2aiU8Qp
A big step in the 300-year quest to find every tree species in the Amazon. Fieldmuseum.org (2016): bit.ly/2cCZjw7

3. 'Margery C. Carlson, an unsung hero of science'
Exotic Blooms Beckon Pair of Intrepid Women. Chicago Tribune (1949): trib.in/2ciSIaI

4. 'So Many Mammals Up in Here'
Doubling Diversity: a cautionary tale of previously unsuspected mammalian diversity on a tropical oceanic island. Frontiers of Biogeography (2016): bit.ly/2cWRH6U
World's greatest concentration of unique mammal species is on Philippine island. Fieldmuseum.org (2016): bit.ly/2cWRQY6
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Host, Producer, Set Design:
Emily Graslie

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Emily Graslie, Mark Alvey, and Kate Golembiewski

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Nigel Pitman, Larry Heaney, Pete Makovicky, Akiko Shinya, and Bill Burger

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Sheheryar Ahsan

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Brandon Brungard

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Jason Weidner
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