News tagged with ancient animal
Early family ties: No sponge in the human family tree
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary history. In the case of vertebrates, ...
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Ancient toothed whale remains found near Santa Cruz
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A 1,000-pound slab of sandstone lifted off a beach in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Wednesday may provide a better glimpse of what plied the seas 5 million years ago.
Ancient oceans offer new insight into the origins of animal life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of a rock type found only in the world's oldest oceans has shed new light on how large animals first got a foothold on the Earth.
Early elephant 'was amphibious'
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Apr 15, 2008 |
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An ancient relative of today’s elephants lived in water, a team led by an Oxford University scientist has found.
Tuatara, the fastest evolving animal
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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In a study of New Zealand’s “living dinosaur” the tuatara, evolutionary biologist, and ancient DNA expert, Professor David Lambert and his team from the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution recovered DNA ...
Ancient DNA: reconstruction of the biological history of Aldaieta necropolis
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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A research team from the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and led by Ms Concepción ...
Research team establishes family tree for cattle, other ruminants
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Pairing a new approach to prepare ancient DNA with a new scientific technique developed specifically to genotype a cow, an MU animal scientist, along with a team of international researchers, created a very ...
Earliest animals lived in a lake environment, research shows
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Evidence for life on Earth stretches back billions of years, with simple single-celled organisms like bacteria dominating the record. When multi-celled animal life appeared on the planet after 3 billion years ...
New research touches a nerve
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Aug 20, 2008 |
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University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution – the development of nerves.
An X-ray Time Machine?
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Apr 05, 2007 |
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There's nothing new about using x-rays to look at bones. But using them on bones a hundred million years old is another story. This week, a team of researchers visiting SSRL is finding that when it comes to ...
Tasmanian Tiger Extinction Mystery
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Jun 27, 2007 |
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A University of Adelaide project led by zoologist Dr Jeremy Austin is investigating whether the world-fabled Tasmanian Tiger may have survived beyond its reported extinction in the late 1930s.
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