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Evidence Claimed of Humans in Yukon in Canada as Early as 24,000 Years Ago

The DNA evidence from Kennewick Man and from other even more ancient human remains adds support to a theory that a genetically distinct human population developed in the Bering Strait region on an exposed land area called Beringia that connected Siberia and Alaska when sea levels where lower during the Ice Ages. Read More →

Kennewick Man Reburied by Local Northwest Tribes

On February 17, 2017, members of Northwest tribes came to the Burke Museum and took the remains of Kennewick Man, which had been stored at the museum since 1998. The next day (February 18), the tribal members reburied the “Ancient One,” as he was called, in a ceremony at an undisclosed spot on the Columbia Plateau.  This brings a formal end to a long legal and cultural dispute that brought scientists, the federal government, and tribal peoples into conflict over the 9,000-year-old human remains found along the Columbia River in 1996. Read More →

Paleontological Articles from Washington Geology Magazine

Listed below are links to articles covering topics of paleontological interest regarding the Pacific Northwest.  These articles have been reproduced for your convenience with permission from Washington Geology magazine.

1986
Eocene Flora and Fauna Unearthed at
Republic
Joseph, Nancy L.
1988
The Blue lake Rhinoceros

vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 4-8
Kaler, Keith L.
1992
Current Research on Eocene Conifers at
Republic, Washington

vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 20-23
Wehr, Wesley C. and Schorn, Howard
E.

Insects of the Klondike Mountain
Formation, Republic, Washington
  

vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 15-19
Lewis, Standley E.
1993
Fossil Mayflies from Republic,
Washington

vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 35-37
Lewis, Standley E. and  Wehr,
Wesley C.
1994
The Eocene Orchards and Gardens of
Republic, Washington

vol. 22, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 27-34
Wehr, Wesley C. and  Hopkins,
Donald Q.
1995
Palm Fossils from Northwest Washington

vol. 23, no. 2, June 1995, pp. 21-26
Mustoe, George E. and
Gannaway, Wes L.

Early Tertiary Flowers, Fruits
and Seeds of Washington and Adjacent Areas

vol. 23, no. 3, September 1995, pp. 3-16
Wehr, Wesley C.

Implications of Middle Eocene
Feathers and Crayfish from Republic, Washington

vol. 23, no. 4, December 1995, pp. 6-10
Wehr, Wesley C. and
Barksdale, Lisa L.
1996
Republic Leaf Deposits and Eocene
Ecology

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, p. 19
Burnham, Robyn J.

The Presence of Fagaceae (Oak Family)
in Sediments of the Klondike Mountain Formation (Middle Eocene), Republic
Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 20-21
Gandolfo, Maria

The Conifer Flora from the Eocene
Uplands at Republic, Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, December 1996, pp. 22-24
Schorn, Howard E.  and Wehr,
Wesley C.

Paleobotanical Significance of
Eocene Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds from Republic, Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, December 1996, pp. 25-27
Wehr, Wesley C.  and
Manchester, Steven R.

Pollen and Spores Characteristics
of Eocene Sediments of Republic, Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, p. 28
Leopold, Estella B., Updegrave,
Cindy A.  and  Maier, Katie

A Checklist of Fossil Insects from
Republic, Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, p. 29
Wehr, Wesley C.  and
Barksdale, Lisa L.

The Eocene Fishes of Republic,
Washington

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 30-31
Wilson, Mark V. H.

The Significance of the Princeton
Chert Permineralized Flora to the Middle Eocene Upland Biota of the Okanogan
Highlands

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 32-36
Pigg, Kathleen B.  and
Stockey, Ruth A

Volcanic Arcs and Vegetation

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 37-39
Myers, Jeffery A.

The Republic Highlands

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, p. 40
Wing, Scott L.  and
DiMichele, William A.

The Role of Republic Flora in
Documenting the Floristic Evolution of the Northern Hemisphere

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 41-42
Johnson, Kirk R.

A Brief history of the
Stonerose Interpretive Center

vol. 24, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 43-44
Perry, Madilane  and  Barksdale,
Lisa

Marine Vertebrate Paleontology
on the Olympic Peninsula

vol. 24, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 17-25
Barnes, Lawrence G.  and
Goedert, James L.
1997
Paleogeography and
Paleontology of the Early Tertiary Chuckanut Formation, Northwest Washington

vol. 25, no. 3, September 1997, pp. 3-18
Mustoe, George E. and
Gannaway, Wesley L.

Museum Specialists Visit Republic’s
Fossil Site

vol. 25, no. 4, December 1997, pp. 22-24

Eocene Megafossils From the
Needles-Gray Wolf Lithic Assemblage of the Eastern “Core Rocks”, Olympic
Peninsula, Washington

vol. 25, no. 4, December 1997, pp. 25-29
Squires, Richard L.  and
Goedert, James L.

First Record of Cycad Leaves from
the Eocene Republic Flora

vol. 25, no. 4, December 1997, p. 37
Hopkins, Dennis J. , Jr.  and
Johnson, Kirk R.
1998
Marine Fauna of the Middle
Eocene Tukwila Formation, King County

vol. 26, no. 1, April 1998, pp. 13-19
Nesbitt, Elizabeth A.

The Sloth, the President, and the Airport
vol. 26, no. 1, April 1998, pp. 40-42
McDonald, H. Gregory

Early Miocene Trace Fossils
from Southwest Washington

vol. 26, no. 2/3, September 1998, pp. 48-58
Kaler, Keith L.

Notes on the new Washington State
fossil,
Mammuthus columbi

vol. 26, no. 2/3, September 1998, pp. 68-69
Barton, Bax R.
1999
Some Notable Finds of
Columbian Mammoths from Washington State

vol. 27, no. 2/3/4, December 1999, pp. 23-27
Barton, Bax R.
2001
Washington’s Fossil Forests

vol. 29, no. 1/2, September 2001, pp. 10-20
Mustoe, George E.

On the Trail of Washington
Dinosaurs

vol. 29, no. 1/2, September 2001, pp. 21-27
Girouard, Samuel P.

Another Whale of a Tale

vol. 29, no. 1/2, September 2001, pp. 28-29
Robles, Bryan

A New Look at an Old Landslide

vol. 29, no. 1/2, September 2001, pp. 35-38
Hill. Richard L.