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New giant clam species offers window into human past
Researchers report the discovery of the first new living species of giant clam in two decades, according to a report to be published online on August 28th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. While fossil evidence reveals that the...
Ancient mother spawns new insight on reptile reproduction
A 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and a nest of fossilized eggs that were discovered in the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientists and staff from the University of...
New evidence debunks 'stupid' Neanderthal myth
Research by UK and American scientists has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors (Homo sapiens). The...
Tahitian vanilla originated in Maya forests, says UC Riverside botanist
The origin of the Tahitian vanilla orchid, whose cured fruit is the
source of the rare and highly esteemed gourmet French Polynesian
spice, has long eluded botanists. Known by the...
Dying frogs sign of a biodiversity crisis
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk, according to researchers from the University of...
Surviving the revolution, easier than withstanding human use and abuse
Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation of...
Rare Antarctic fossils reveal extinction of tundra before full polar climate arrived
(Boston) An international research team in Antarctica led by David Marchant, an associate professor of earth sciences at Boston University, has reported the discovery of exceptionally well-preserved freshwater fossils including...
Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline
Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and humans, say...
Stanford study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration
Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.
Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats
In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and...
New research challenges notion that dinosaur soft tissues still survive
Paleontologists in 2005 hailed research that apparently showed that
soft, pliable tissues had been recovered from dissolved dinosaur
bones, a major finding that would substantially widen the known
range of...
'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
They aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover.
Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
Misinterpreted fragments of leg bones, teeth and brow ridges found
in Palau appear to be an archaeologist's undoing, according to
researchers at three institutions. They say that the so-called dwarfs...
Heavy metal link to mutations, low growth and fertility among crustaceans in Sydney Harbor tributary
Heavy metal pollutants are linked to genetic mutations, stunted growth and declining fertility among small crustaceans in the Parramatta River, the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, new research shows.
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was...
New report details historic mass extinction of amphibians
Amphibians, reigning survivors of past mass extinctions, are
sending a clear, unequivocal signal that something is wrong, as
their extinction rates rise to unprecedented levels, according to a
paper published...
Hebrew U. archaeological excavations uncover Roman temple in Zippori (Sepphoris)
Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently
been unearthed in the Zippori National Park in Israel. Above the
temple are foundations of a church from...
Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive
With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that...
Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies
Most rock paintings and rock carvings or petroglyphs were created by ancient and prehistoric societies. Archaeologists have long used them to gain clues to the way of life of such...
Rosella research could rewrite 'ring theory'
Published today in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the
Royal Society B, the research investigates the genetic and
geographical relationships between different forms of crimson
rosellas and the possible ways...
UF study: Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics
Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American...
'Chicken and chips' theory of Pacific migration
A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of pre-historic Polynesian contact with the Americas.
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