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Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
Scientists have performed
the first DNA-based
reconstruction of the giant
extinct moa bird, using
prehistoric feathers
recovered from caves and
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Natural-born Divers And The Molecular Traces Of Evolution
When the ancestors of
present marine mammals
returned to the oceans,
their physiology had to
adapt radically. Scientists
have been studying how
... > full story
Mammoths Survived In Britain Until 14,000 Years Ago, New Discovery Suggests
Research finally proves that
bones found in Shropshire,
England, provide the most
geologically recent evidence
of woolly mammoths in
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Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline
Sharktooth Hill near
Bakersfield, Calif., is the
home of the most extensive
marine bone bed in the
world, a 100-square-mile
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Climate Events Let Ice Age Mammoths Pass Far Below The 40°N Latitude
July 9, 2009 — Europe's southern-most skeletal remains of a mammoth were unearthed in a moor on the 37°N latitude. This is considerably south of the inhospitable habitat than one usually imagines for mammoths, ... > full story -
Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative
June 26, 2009 — Paleontologists have discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant ... > full story -
Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution
June 9, 2009 — The woolly mammoth died out several thousand years ago, but the genetic material they left behind is yielding new clues about the evolution of mammals. Scientists have now analyzed the mammoth genome ... > full story -
Ancient Mammals Shifted Diets As Climate Changed
June 3, 2009 — A new study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global ... > full story -
High Arctic Mammals Wintered In Darkness 53 Million Years Ago
June 1, 2009 — Ancestors of tapirs and ancient cousins of rhinos living above the Arctic Circle 53 million years ago endured six months of darkness each year in a far milder climate than today that featured lush, ... > full story -
Link Between Sociality And Brain Increase In Carnivores Questioned By Evolutionary Biologists
May 26, 2009 — Packs of hunting dogs, troops of baboons, herds of antelope: when people observe social animals, they are often struck by how intelligent they seem, and recent studies suggest that sociality has ... > full story -
Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? 'Extraordinary' Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old
May 19, 2009 — Scientists have found a 47-million-year-old human ancestor. Discovered in Germany, the fossil is 20 times older than most fossils that explain human evolution. Known as "Ida," the fossil is a ... > full story -
Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain
May 18, 2009 — Analyses of the fossilized remains of the jaws and teeth of a shrew discovered in Spain have shown this to be a new species. The extinct animal had red teeth, was large in size compared with mammals ... > full story -
Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life
May 8, 2009 — Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the hobbit. By examining the skulls of extinct Madagascan hippos, scientists discovered ... > full story -
Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data In Evolutionary Studies
April 30, 2009 — Paleontologists have completed a rigorous study that has culminated in a new approach to reconciling the conflict between fossil and molecular data in evolutionary ... > full story
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