Kimberly Byrnes
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I am a professional archaeologist with a passion for creative writing. Academia kind of forces creativity out of your writing, so I am hoping to regain some of my former skill.
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Perfection
Alice was full of nervous energy. Could this be the one? The guy she’s been looking for? She couldn’t remember how many dates she had been on in the last month, all duds. She was ready to be done with dating apps, and hopefully tonight’s date would finally put an end to all of the disappointment and creepy messages.
By Kimberly Byrnes5 years ago in Criminal
Crappy Artifacts
Coprolite: a piece of fossilized dung Of all the data used by scientists who study the past, coprolites are by far the crappiest. They also happen to be my favorite. Archaeologists, paleoanthropologists, and paleontologists all use these natural time capsules in their investigations. At first glance, coprolites may seem a miniscule artifact. They tell us what the creator of that deposit was eating. Ok. We can assume that information from context clues, like what plants were native to a certain area at a certain point in time. But the specific diets of dinosaurs, pre-human and early human ancestors, and genetically modern humans continue to surprise and delight the people who study each of those groups as well as everyday people.
By Kimberly Byrnes5 years ago in Futurism
