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Piecing Together an Extinct Lemur, Large as a Big Baboon
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Jul 28, 2008 |
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Penn State researchers have used computed tomography (CT) technology to virtually glue newly-discovered skull fragments of a rare extinct lemur back into its partial skull, which was discovered over a century ...
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Lemur's Little Finger Poses a Mystery
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Analysis of the first hand bones belonging to an ancient lemur has revealed a mysterious joint structure that has scientists puzzled.
New extinct lemur species discovered in Madagascar
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May 26, 2009 |
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A third species of Palaeopropithecus, an extinct group of large lemurs, has just been uncovered in the northwest of Madagascar by a Franco-Madagascan team.
Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree (w/ Video)
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt, National Science Foundation-supported paleontologists from three American universities are revealing features of a newly discovered African primate and ...
New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the co ...
Sea worm thought to be extinct spotted off Spain
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A sea worm that uses a trunk to catch prey that was thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in the waters of the Atlantic off northwestern Spain, researchers said Monday.
New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
Jul 14, 2009 |
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When it comes to investigating mysteries, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Rice University biologist Amy Dunham. In a newly published paper, Dunham offers a new theory for one of primatology's long-standing ...
Fossil linked to rare sound-making skill
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Duke University paleontologists say a 35-million-year-old fossil they reassembled suggests the discovery of a unique species.
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.
Scientists 'rebuild' giant moa using ancient DNA
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand.
Genomic fossils in lemurs shed light on origin and evolution of HIV and other primate lentiviruses
Mar 20, 2009 |
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A retrovirus related to HIV became stably integrated into the genome of several lemurs around 4.2 million years ago, according to research led by Dr. Cédric Feschotte at the University of Texas, Arlington. Published ...
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