News tagged with cave bears
True causes for extinction of cave bear revealed
The cave bear started to become extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, but until now the cause was unknown. An international team of scientists has analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences from 17 new fossil samples, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Loss of planetary tilt could doom alien life
Although winter now grips much of the Northern Hemisphere, those who dislike the cold weather can rest assured that warmer months shall return. This familiar pattern of spring, summer, fall and winter does ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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77,000-year-old evidence for early 'bedding', use of medicinal plants at South African rock shelter
What were the daily lives of modern humans like more than 50,000 years ago?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Przewalski's wild horses gallop back to life
Their galloping stocky, sandy-brown silhouettes inspired dreamy pre-historic cave paintings.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Ancient DNA provides new insights into cave paintings of horses
An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to shed new light on the realism of horses depicted in prehistoric cave paintings.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Face-to-face with an ancient human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway's best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7,500 years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making
Scientists seeking to understand the origin of the human mind may want to look to honeybees -- not ancestral apes -- for at least some of the answers, according to a University of Colorado Boulder archaeologist.
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Apr 20, 2011 |
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Wii set to deliver rehab for stroke victims
Those who have succumbed to the Wii craze are no doubt awed by its dizzying array of games and virtual sports. However, an innovative course offered in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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High-tech software, umanned planes allow scientists to keep tabs on Arctic seals
A novel project using cameras mounted on unmanned aircraft flying over the Arctic is serving double duty by assessing the characteristics of declining sea ice and using the same aerial photos to pinpoint seals ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2010 |
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US wants to list ringed, bearded seals as 'threatened'
The US government on Friday proposed listing six types of seals as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because they face hardships due to disappearing sea ice and melting snow packs.
Dec 04, 2010 |
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Female Cantabrian bears and their young do not hibernate
A team of Spanish scientists followed the brown bear population through the mountains of the Cantabrian Cordillera between 1998 and 2007 in order to find out about their hibernation habits, which had been ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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