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THE EVOLUTION OF IRELAND

CHALLENGE #1

ICE AGE

Step into Ireland's Ice Age with this blistering quiz on woolly mammoths, giant Irish deer, ancient humans, and much, much more.

Can you survive the cold?

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CHALLENGE #2

megafaunal extinctions

Test your survival skills against this deadly quiz about the demise of many giant animals from the late Ice Age onwards.

Can you avoid extinction?

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irish mammals' names

Test your knowledge of Ireland's mammals with these ten tricky questions on their Irish, English, and scientific names.

Can you be named champ?

mammal names

In-depth exploration of the English, Irish, and scientific names of Ireland's mammals, uncovering many incredible facts about their forms, features, behaviours, and relationships.

megafaunal extinctions

Investigation of the extinction of one of the last true giants to inhabit Ireland, the giant Irish deer, looking at the extinctions of massive mammals worldwide to see if Ireland's earliest humans may have been to blame.

ice age

Exploration of Ireland's Ice Age, especially its fantastic mammals, which included the wolly mammoth, giant Irish deer, and spotted hyena, as well as a look at the arrival of th first modern humans in Ireland.

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A look at the deeper roots of Ireland's people, revealing how the Neanderthals became ancestors of the Irish, as well as investigating when and why the earliest ancestors of humans rose to walk on two feet.

mammal origins

The evolutionary origins of some of Ireland's most familiar and best-loved mammals is the focus here, revealing the amazing origins of Ireland's horses, cattle, sheep, deer, whales, and bats, and how they relate to one another.

land evolution

A look at some fundamental aspects of Ireland as a land, investigating how it became an island, as well as revealing the fascinating story behind the formation of one of its most singular features - the Giant's Causeway.

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reptiles

A colourful investigation of why Ireland has no snakes today, comparing the story of Saint Patrick to the scientific evidence for reptiles and snakes in modern and ancient Ireland.

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surnames

A brief look at the meaning and origins of some Irish surnames through a look at those of the Irish Six Nations-winning rugby team of 2015.

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A plunge into Ireland's deep past with a look at the Valentia Island vertebrate, an internationally important 385-million-year-old Kerry fossil from a time when vertebrates were first invading the land.

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A fascinating fossil ape discovered in Germany could be our closest glimpse yet of the common ancestor we share with gorillas and chimpanzees and may alter our view of when we rose to walk on two feet

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The Evolution of Ireland MiniMag is a Monthly Newsletter, or Mini-Magazine, related to The Evolution of Ireland by Stephen Daly, which is a multimedia project centred on a forthcoming book telling the complete story of Ireland from beginning to end.

It aims to chart the evolution of Ireland's land, life, and people from their origins in the deep past right up to the present day, as well as exploring what Ireland might be like in the near and distant future.

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Over 50 blogs on Ireland's land, life, and people from the deep past to the present

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MAMMAL NAMES | Micro-Monsters Part I:

The Venomous, Wicked & Cruel Names For Ireland's Pygmy Shrews

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HUMAN EVOLUTION | Ancient Love

How the Neanderthals Became Ancestors of the irish

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MAMMAL NAMES BLOGS

Twenty-Six Blogs on the Fascinating Origins & Meanings of the Names of Ireland's Mammals

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To celebrate the 18th birthday of the fantastic Mia Daly, and to provide a solution to the physical absence of her uncles Steve Daly and Tom Daly at this momentous event.

Well, now we have found that solution. Please let us introduce you to our Extremely Limited Edition creations - Steve Dolly and Tom Dolly!

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