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Fossil Shows Fish Had Sucker on Its Back
A 30-million year-old fossil
has revealed how remoras --
also called sharksuckers --
evolved the sucker that
enables them to stick to
other fishes and 'hitch a
ride'. ... > full story
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human, Study Shows
A new study has found that a
9- to 7-million-year-old ape
from Italy did not, in fact,
walk habitually on two legs.
The findings refute a long
body of evidence, suggest ... > full story
Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today
Artists and craftsmen more
than 2,000 years ago
developed thin-film coating
technology unrivaled even by
today's standards for
... > full story
Greening of the Earth Pushed Way Back in Time
Conventional scientific
wisdom has it that plants
and other creatures have
only lived on land for about
500 million years, but a new
study is pointing to
... > full story
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Ancient Viruses That Function in Early Human Development May Play Role in Cancer
July 31, 2013 — Novel non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the biology of stem cells, and in the development of ... > full story -
Tuberculosis Genomes Recovered from 200-Year-Old Hungarian Mummy
July 19, 2013 — Researchers have recovered tuberculosis (TB) genomes from the lung tissue of a 215-year old mummy using a technique known as ... > full story -
Rare Fossil of Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Discovered
July 16, 2013 — Researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of an elasmosaur. A subgroup of the late Cretaceous plesiosaurs, the elasmosaurid plesiosaurs are recognized by their large body size and shape. ... > full story -
Proteins Involved in Immunity Potentially Cause Cancer
July 14, 2013 — A set of proteins involved in the body’s natural defenses produces a large number of mutations in human DNA, according to a new study. The findings suggest that these naturally produced ... > full story -
New Theory Uncovers Cancer's Deep Evolutionary Roots
July 12, 2013 — A new way to look at cancer -- by tracing its deep evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellularity more than a billion years ago -- has been proposed. If their theory is correct, it promises to ... > full story -
Insect Discovery Sheds Light on Climate Change
July 11, 2013 — Biologists have discovered a new, extinct family of insects that will help scientists better understand how some animals responded to global climate change and the evolution of ... > full story -
Asian Origins of Native American Dogs Confirmed
July 10, 2013 — Once thought to have been extinct, native American dogs are on the contrary thriving, according to a recent study that links these breeds to ancient ... > full story -
One More Homo Species? 3D-Comparative Analysis Confirms Status of Homo Floresiensis as Fossil Human Species
July 10, 2013 — Based on the analysis of 3-D landmark data from skull surfaces of Homo floresiensis, scientists provide compelling support for the hypothesis that Homo floresiensis was a distinct Homo ... > full story -
Neandertals Shared Speech and Language With Modern Humans, Study Suggests
July 9, 2013 — Fast-accumulating data seem to indicate that our close cousins, the Neandertals, were much more similar to us than imagined even a decade ago. But did they have anything like modern speech and ... > full story -
The Origin of the Turtle Shell: Mystery Solved
July 9, 2013 — Biologists have finally solved the riddle of the origin of the turtle shell. By observing the development of different animal species and confirming their results with fossil analysis and genomic ... > full story
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