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Homo erectus skull
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MiniMag  |  July 2021

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Placenta diagram
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Juramaia sinensis
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MiniMag  |  June 2021

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Pangaea map with Ireland location
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Dimetrodon grandis
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Amniotic egg (chicken)
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MiniMag  |  May 2021

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Giant’s Causeway
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Laurasia & Gondwana map
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Map of the world 50 MYA
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Ireland & Britain satellite image
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Land Evolution Path of Fire Fingals Cave

Fingal’s Cave
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MiniMag  |  April 2021

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Woolly mammoth
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MiniMag  |  March 2021

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Lion-headed tamarin
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MiniMag  |  February 2021

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Archicebus achilles
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Tarsier
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MiniMag  |  January 2021

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Gastornis
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Necrolemur
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MiniMag  |  December 2020

MiniMag  |  November 2020

Nov 30 2020 Scelidosaurus harrisonii CC

Scelidosaurus harrisonii
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Sarcosaurus silhouette
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June 30 Newgrange front view CC.jpg

Newgrange front view
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MiniMag  |  October 2020

Megafaunal Extinctions Smilodon fatalis

Smilodon fatalis
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Homotherium
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Oct 31 2020 Homotherium final with text

MiniMag  |  September 2020

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Last Glacial Maximum globe
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Drowned forest, Rinevella Bay, Co. Clare
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MiniMag  |  August 2020

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Location map of Shanagh 1
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House foundation diagrams
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Copyright: Ken Hanley.

Aug 31 Shanagh 1 house compared to other Neolithic timber houses recently found in Cork PN

MiniMag  |  July 2020

July 31 Kongonophon kely copyrighted but

Kongonaphon kely
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Ingentia prima size
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MiniMag  |  June 2020

Newgrange front view
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Eastern Passage, Knowth, Co. Meath
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June 30 Discovery of the Month Newgrange

Newgrange: light entering passage
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Carrowmore ‘mega-cemetery’
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Poulnabrone dolmen at sunset

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MiniMag  |  May 2020

Bacho Kiro cave bear pendants
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Attribution: Rosen Spasov and Geoff Smith, MPI-EVA Leipzig
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May 31 Ungulate and bear pendants origin
Human Evolution Homo sapiens v Neanderth

Homo sapiens v Neanderthal skull comparison
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Mitochondrial DNA inheritance diagram
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MiniMag  |  April 2020

Australopithecus sediba
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Apr 30 Paranthropus boisei CC WI tnail s

Paranthropus boisei
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Attribution/Licence: Drawing made by Cicero Moraes and 3D scanning of the skull by Dr. Moacir Elias Santos. / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

MiniMag  |  March 2020

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Figueira Brava Cave
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Crab pincers
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MiniMag  |  February 2020

Rodinia
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Info: Modified from Cawood, P. A., Wang, Y., Xu, Y., & Zhao, G. (2013). Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: a fragment of greater India lithosphere?. Geology, 41(8), 903-906.

Feb 29 Rodinia CC with Ireland location
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Proterocladus antiquus fossil
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Feb 2020 Proterocladus antiquus reconstruction copyright Dinghua Yang press release image

Proterocladus antiquus reconstruction
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Attribution/Copyright: Dinghua Yang. Press release image.

MiniMag  |  January 2020

Jan 31 Takabuti mummy with sarcophagus CC WI tnail smaller.jpg

Takabuti sarcophagus
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Ammit the Devourer
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Jan 31 Map of Upper Egypt CC.png

Map of Upper Egypt
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Attribution/Licence: Jeff Dahl, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

MiniMag  |  November 2019

Nov 2019 21 bones of the most complete partial skelton of a male Danuvius Copyright Christ

Danuvius guggenmosi bones from most complete male skeleton
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Copyright: Christoph Jäckle. Press release image.

Danuvius guggenmosi reconstruction
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Nov 2019 Danuvius guggenmosi reconstruction by Velizar Simeonovski Copyrighted but press r
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Chimpanzee skeleton
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