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3D Scanning and 3D Printing Could Help Solve a Mystery of Human Migration
There are differing opinions about when humans started migrating out of Africa. One model shows us leaving between 40,000 and 80,000 years ago in a mass migration, while another belief…
Dinosaur Fossil’s Secrets Unlocked Through 3D Scanning and 3D Printing
200 million years ago, South Africa was home to an herbivorous (though possibly omnivorous at one point) dinosaur called Massospondylus. It stood on two legs and was about 4-6 meters…
How University of Florida Researchers are Using 3D Printing and Digital Fossils to Improve Education
A recently conducted case study on the effectiveness of utilizing 3D printing technology to teach intricate subjects within science to young students showcases what researchers from the University of Florida have…
Lemurs Live on Through 3D Scanning Project at Duke Lemur Center
There are about 100 species of lemurs on Earth today, but if we’re not careful, there could soon be none. Almost all lemur species are facing extinction in the wild…
Should Scientists Reconsider the Romer’s Gap? Paleontologist Thinks So, After 3D Scanning Reveals Ancient Tetrapod Fossil Inside a Rock
Most humans enjoy something that is of great importance to our place in the natural history of the world, but that you likely don’t even think about much, unless you’re…
3D Technology Helps Democratize Science as CMU Studies 3D Printed Homo Nadeli Fossils
While millennials may be a study in the modern human species all on their own, when it comes to their role in science today, it’s one of taking initiative and…
The Largest Library in the World Begins 3D Scanning Its Massive Collection of Historical Texts and Artifacts
The past few years have seen a radical shift in the use of 3D scanning and 3D printing technology from museums and how they use their digital assets. Using advanced…
3D Scanning and 3D Printing Help Bring 122-Foot Titanosaur Fossil Replica to Life
Back in 2014 a farmer in Argentina found what looked like fossilized dinosaur bones, so he contacted the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio. They sent out researchers to examine the…
Sivatherium Giganteum: Scientists Create 3D Replica of Morphologically Bizarre Ancient Giraffid
Most of us know the giraffe as quite an ungainly and massive animal ensconced amiably in zoos around the world. Most of us have seen footage of them thundering through…
3D Scanning Helps Create Virtual Fossil That May Reveal the Last Ancestor Common to Humans and Neanderthals
The evolution of humanity is a long and complicated path that spirals through prehistory, and is likely a mystery that will never conclusively be solved. What we currently know about…
