thebrainscoop | Dinosaur Discovery & Updates on Cloud Rats | Natural News from The Field Museum | Ep. 1 @thebrainscoop | Uploaded 8 years ago | Updated 16 minutes ago
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.
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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): http://bit.ly/2cTeVw5
Newly-discovered dinosaur had "T. rex" arms that evolved independently. Fieldmuseum.org: http://bit.ly/2c88kg8

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

3. 'Margery C. Carlson, an unsung hero of science'
Exotic Blooms Beckon Pair of Intrepid Women. Chicago Tribune (1949): http://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): http://bit.ly/2cWRH6U
World's greatest concentration of unique mammal species is on Philippine island. Fieldmuseum.org (2016): http://bit.ly/2cWRQY6
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Jason Weidner
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