Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Posted November 7, 2007:

• When Animals Evolve On Islands, Size Doesn't Matter

Posted October 28, 2007:

• Burrowing Mammals Dig For A Living, But How Do They Do That?

Posted October 25, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

Posted October 18, 2007:

• How Singing Bats Communicate

Posted October 9, 2007:

• Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues

Posted October 8, 2007:

• Serotonin Inhibits Milk Synthesis, Secretion

Posted October 2, 2007:

• Fossil Data Plugs Gaps In Current Knowledge, Study Shows

Posted September 27, 2007:

• DNA Extracted From Woolly Mammoth Hair

Posted September 17, 2007:

• Increased Bering Sea Ice Explains Prehistoric Fur Seal Rookeries

Posted September 11, 2007:

• Rare Dolphin Driven To Extinction By Human Activities, Scientists Fear

Posted September 10, 2007:

• PCBs May Threaten Killer Whale Populations For 30-60 Years

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Why Genes Of One Parent Are Expressed Over Genes Of The Other: New Ideas In Genomic Imprinting

Posted August 18, 2007:

• Bat Breath Reveals The Identity Of A Vampire's Last Victim

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Bones Beat Trees As Markers For Environmental Change

Posted August 5, 2007:

• Fruit Bats Discovered To Have Menstrual Cycles

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Rare Example Of Darwinism Seen In Action

Posted July 27, 2007:

• Mystery Of Mammalian Ears Solved

Posted July 24, 2007:

• Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing

Posted July 22, 2007:

• Paleontologists Study A Remarkably Well-Preserved Baby Siberian Mammoth

Posted July 21, 2007:

• Killer Whales Metabolize Contaminants, Yet Still Show Record-High Contamination Levels

Posted July 9, 2007:

• Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia

Posted July 4, 2007:

• Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Originated On Earth 65 Million Years Ago, Researchers Assert
• Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Why Female Deer Like A Stag To Be A Big Noise In The Forest

Posted June 7, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance

Posted May 22, 2007:

• One In Six European Mammals Threatened With Extinction

Posted May 21, 2007:

• Prehistoric Behavior And Ecology Of Northern Fur Seals Reconstructed

Posted May 19, 2007:

• Reason For Mammals' Aging Lies In The Brain

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Opossum Genome Shows 'Junk' DNA Source Of Genetic Innovation

Posted May 7, 2007:

• An Ancient Bathtub Ring Of Mammoth Fossils

Posted April 17, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Newer Than Previously Thought

Posted April 3, 2007:

• Why Are There So Many More Species Of Insects? Because Insects Have Been Here Longer

Posted March 28, 2007:

• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-Day Mammals, Claim Researchers

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Bird Sex Is Something Else

Posted March 14, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover New Mammal From Mesozoic Era

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Species' Sizes Affect Lives Of Cells In Mammals

Posted March 7, 2007:

• Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Size Matters ... If You're A Rodent

Posted February 18, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 7, 2007:

• Largest North America Climate Change In 65 Million Years, Study Shows

Posted January 24, 2007:

• Scientists Discover New Species Of Distinctive Cloud-Forest Rodent

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Big Vegetarian Mammals Can Play A Critical Role In Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems, Study Finds

Posted January 15, 2007:

• Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?

Posted December 20, 2006:

• Contrary To Common Wisdom, Scientist Discovers Some Mammals Can Smell Objects Under Water

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory On Its Head

Posted December 18, 2006:

• Small Furry Mammal Was Capable Of Gliding Flight Possibly Before Birds

Posted December 13, 2006:

• Tiny Bones Rewrite Textbooks: First New Zealand Land Mammal Fossil

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