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Portable 3-D Laser Technology Preserves Texas Dinosaur's Rare Footprint
Using portable 3-D laser
technology, scientists have
electronically preserved a
rare 110 million-year-old
fossilized dinosaur
... > full story
Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates
Scientists have an ambitious
new strategy for untangling
the evolutionary history of
humans and their biological
relatives: Create a genetic ... > full story
Snail Fossils Suggest Semiarid Eastern Canary Islands Were Wetter 50,000 Years Ago
Isotopic measurements
performed on fossil land
snail shells found in
ancient soils on the
subtropical eastern Canary
... > full story
First Inhabitants Of Canary Islands Were Berbers, Genetic Analysis Reveals
Researchers have carried out
molecular genetic analysis
of the Y chromosome
(transmitted only by males)
of the aboriginal population
... > full story
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'Dutch' Batavians More Roman Than Thought
November 2, 2009 — The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought. After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become ... > full story -
Evolutionary Past May Determine How We Choose Leaders
October 26, 2009 — Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? Researchers argue that due to 'a hangover from our evolutionary past' factors like age, sex, ... > full story -
Ancient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove For Farmers
October 23, 2009 — Genetic information from an extinct species of bison preserved in permafrost for thousands of years could help improve modern agricultural livestock and breeding programs, according to ... > full story -
World's Oldest Known Granaries Predate Agriculture
October 22, 2009 — A new study describes recent excavations in Jordan that reveal evidence of the world's oldest known granaries. Scientists provide evidence that these granaries precede the emergence of fully ... > full story -
New Evidence Of Culture In Wild Chimpanzees
October 22, 2009 — A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study shows that neighboring chimpanzee populations in Uganda use ... > full story -
Tool-making Human Ancestors Inhabited Grassland Environments Two Million Years Ago
October 21, 2009 — Researchers report the oldest archaeological evidence of early human activities in a grassland environment, dating to two million years ago. The article highlights new research and its implications ... > full story -
Bedrock Of A Holy City: The Historical Importance Of Jerusalem's Geology
October 20, 2009 — Jerusalem's geology has been crucial in molding it into one of the most religiously important cities on the planet, according to a new ... > full story -
Norwegian Wood For The Ages: 'Mummified' Pine Trees Found
October 18, 2009 — Norwegian scientists have found "mummified" pine trees, dead for nearly 500 years yet without ... > full story -
200,000-year-old Cut Of Meat: Archaeologists Shed Light On Life, Diet And Society Before The Delicatessen
October 15, 2009 — New findings from the Qesem Cave archaeological dig in Israel indicate that during the Lower Paleolithic Period people prepared and shared meat differently than in earlier times, providing new clues ... > full story -
Early Hominid First Walked On Two Legs In The Woods
October 8, 2009 — Among the many surprises associated with the discovery of the oldest known, nearly complete skeleton of a hominid is the finding that this species took its first steps toward bipedalism not on the ... > full story
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