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From Mild-Mannered to Killer: Study Explains Plague's Rapid Evolution and Sheds Light on Fighting Deadly Diseases
August 29, 2011 — How did a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation rapidly evolve into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history? New DNA sequencing techniques reveal how ... > full story -
Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds
August 25, 2011 — For a few years now, scientists have known that humans and their evolutionary cousins had some casual flings, but now it appears that these liaisons led to a more meaningful relationship. ... > full story -
Biological Communities Studied at Historical WWII Shipwrecks Along North Carolina
August 25, 2011 — In the waters off the North Carolina coast, historically-significant World War II submarines and shipwrecks rest on the seafloor, a testament to a relatively unknown chapter in US history. According ... > full story -
Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution
August 24, 2011 — A remarkably well-preserved fossil discovered in northeast China provides new information about the earliest ancestors of most of today's mammal species -- the placental mammals. This fossil ... > full story -
Ancient 'Daddy Long Legs' Revealed in 3-D Models
August 23, 2011 — Two ancient types of harvestmen, or 'daddy long legs,' which skittered around forests more than 300 million years ago, are revealed in new three-dimensional virtual fossil ... > full story -
Ancient Wild Horses Help Unlock Past
August 23, 2011 — An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to produce compelling evidence that the lack of genetic diversity in modern stallions is the result of the domestication process. The team ... > full story -
Fossilized Pregnant Plesiosaur: 78-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Adult and Its Embryo Provide First Evidence of Live Birth
August 11, 2011 — Archeologists have determined that a unique specimen now displayed in a museum is the fossil of an embryonic marine reptile contained within the fossil of its ... > full story -
Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Lion Adorning Citadel Gate Complex in Turkey
August 9, 2011 — Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have unearthed the remains of a monumental gate complex adorned with stone sculptures, including a magnificently carved lion. The gate complex provided access to ... > full story -
Chimpanzees Are Spontaneously Generous After All, Study Shows
August 8, 2011 — Researchers have shown chimpanzees have a significant bias for prosocial behavior. This, the study authors report, is in contrast to previous studies that positioned chimpanzees as reluctant ... > full story -
Earliest Image of Egyptian Ruler Wearing 'White Crown' of Royalty Brought to Light
August 4, 2011 — The earliest known image of an Egyptian ruler wearing the "White Crown" associated with Egyptian dynastic power has been brought to light by ... > full story -
Six Million Years of Savanna: Grasslands, Wooded Grasslands Accompanied Human Evolution
August 3, 2011 — Scientists have used chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover -- in effect, shade -- and found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where ... > full story -
Sea Squirt Pacemaker Gives New Insight Into Evolution of the Human Heart
August 2, 2011 — Molecular scientists have discovered that star ascidians, also known as sea squirts, have pacemaker cells similar to that of the human heart. The research may offer a new insight into the early ... > full story
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