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Audubon's First Engraving of a Bird Discovered
In 1824, John James Audubon
(1785-1851), the eminent
American artist, created a
drawing of a running grouse
for use in the design for a
New Jersey bank note.
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Ancient DNA Identifies Donkey Ancestors, People Who Domesticated Them
In a finding that says much
about the people who lived
in northern Africa 5,000
years ago, scientists
believe domestication of the
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Ötzi’s Secrets About to Be Revealed
Using the latest
technologies, scientists in
Europe have reached a new
milestone in their study of
the iceman known as
Ötzi. For the first
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Segmentation Is the Secret Behind the Extraordinary Diversification of Animals
Segmentation, the repetition
of identical anatomical
units, seems to be the
secret behind the diversity
and longevity of the largest
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In the 'Neck' of Time: Scientists Unravel Another Key Evolutionary Trait
July 27, 2010 — By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck -- that little body part between your head and shoulders -- gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Biggest Rat That Ever Lived: Weight of About 6 Kilograms (Over 13 Lb)
July 26, 2010 — Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around six kilograms. Today's biggest rats weigh around two kilograms and live in ... > full story -
Sea Lamprey Research Sheds Light on How Stress Hormones Evolved
July 25, 2010 — Researchers are have identified a stress hormone in the sea lamprey, using the 500 million-year-old species as a model to understand the evolution of the endocrine ... > full story -
Disease Genes That Followed the Silk Road Identified
July 25, 2010 — Researchers have found susceptibility to Behcet's disease, a painful, inflammatory condition, to be associated with genes involved in the body's immune ... > full story -
Temperature Constancy Appears Key to Tropical Biodiversity
July 22, 2010 — The tropics owe their stunning biodiversity to consistent year-round temperatures, not higher temperatures or more sunlight, according to a novel survey of insect diversity at different latitudes and ... > full story -
Marriage Patterns Drive Fertility Decline
July 22, 2010 — Researchers have applied an evolutionary "use it or lose it" principle when studying past marriage patterns, to show that marriage can influence the evolution of age-patterns of ... > full story -
Primitive Frogs Do a Belly Flop: Study Shows That Frogs Evolved Jumping Before They Refined Landing
July 21, 2010 — Sometimes divers, to their own painful dismay, do belly flops. But did you ever see a frog belly flop? That's just what primitive living frogs do, according to a new study looking at the evolution of ... > full story -
Animal Connection: New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature
July 20, 2010 — It's no secret to any dog-lover or cat-lover that humans have a special connection with animals. But in new research, a paleoanthropologist argues that this human-animal connection goes well beyond ... > full story -
Remarkable Fossil Cave Shows How Ancient Marsupials Grew
July 18, 2010 — The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone cave packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a large prehistoric marsupial, from ... > full story -
Reinventing the Wheel -- Naturally
July 16, 2010 — Humans did not invent the wheel. Nature did. While the evolution from the Neolithic solid stone wheel with a single hole for an axle to the sleek wheels of today's racing bikes can be seen as the ... > full story
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