Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Andrews , Roy Chapman (1926), On the trail of ancient man: A narrative of the field work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions, Putnam, Retrieved on 2011-09-06
Folksonomies: paleontology

Memes

06 SEP 2011

 Modern Explorers Must Change Their Methods

Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have heard the voice of man. But this does not mean that the youth of the future has no new worlds to vanquish. It means only that the explorer must change his methods.
Folksonomies: exploration adventuring
Folksonomies: exploration adventuring
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If they want to venture into new realms of knowledge. Andrews may be talking about scientific methods here as a means to seeing previously explored settings with new eyes.

06 SEP 2011

 Palaeontology is the Aladdin's Lamp of Deserted and Lifel...

Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in orderly succession the monarchs of the past and the ancient river streams and savannahs wherein they flourished. The rocks usually hide their story in the most difficult and inaccessible places.
Folksonomies: exploration paleontology
Folksonomies: exploration paleontology
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Revealing order and history from the barren rocks.

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