Our vegetarian ancestors were once meat lovers!
In a thrilling discovery, paleontologists have unearthed the earliest ancestor of land-dwelling plant eaters: The striking point is that these tiny animals were once meat lovers who evolved into...
View ArticleHumans left Africa in two migration waves: Study
In a significant discovery, researchers have found that modern humans may have dispersed in more than one wave of migration out of Africa. They may have done so earlier than scientists had previously...
View ArticleBacterial communication similar to that of humans!
A bacteria can be as sophisticated as humans when it comes to communication as researchers have now found that bacteria communicates in a way that was previously thought to be unique to humans. Big...
View ArticleTechnology reveals details of 1,000-year-old mummies
Eight mummies from ancient Egypt and Sudan will be displayed at an exhibit from Thursday at the The British Museum in London, media reported. At this new exhibition named ‘Ancient Lives New...
View Article500-million-year-old fossils found in China
Fossils dating to 530 million years ago have been found in northwest China’s Shaanxi province, the public communication authorities said Thursday. The colorful coral rocks were found on a hill in...
View Article‘Extinct human gene helped Tibetans survive high altitudes’
In a ground breaking discovery, researchers have found that Tibetans were able to adapt to high altitudes thanks to a gene picked up when their ancestors mated with a species of humans they helped push...
View ArticleFossilised tooth challenges Late Triassic assumptions
A 220 million years old tooth lodged in the thigh bone of the largest predator of the time has revealed two predators at the top of their respective food chains interacted – with the smaller...
View ArticleDogs migrated to the Americas after humans
Dogs may have first migrated to the Americas only about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first human migrants reached North America, new research, involving an Indian-origin...
View ArticleDinosaurs flourished in Europe until 66 m years ago
Dinosaurs flourished in Europe until the asteroid impact that wiped them out 66 million years ago, a new study shows. By looking at the variety and ages of their fossils, the team of British...
View ArticleAncient stone tools shaped human communication too
The world’s oldest butchering tools gave evolutionary edge to human communication, suggests a new study, adding that teaching — and perhaps even a primitive proto-language — were in place some 1.8...
View ArticleChimpanzees ‘talk’ about their favorite fruits and food patch size
Chimpanzees modify their food calls with respect to tree size for a high valued fruit species. The vocalization capabilities of our closest living relatives, the great apes, often pale in comparison to...
View ArticleNew insights into mammalian evolution
Why is a dolphin not a cat? Despite having a common ancestor, different mammalian species have acquired their unique characteristics by repurposing functional elements through gene regulation, says a...
View ArticleResearchers discover how hearing evolved
Lungfish and salamanders can hear, despite not having an outer ear or tympanic middle ear. These early terrestrial vertebrates were probably also able to hear 300 million years ago, as shown in a new...
View ArticleDutch chimpanzee changed the food calls to match their Scottish counterparts
Chimpanzees living in captivity are capable of learning calls that refer to specific food items. For the first time, this was shown by an evolutionary biologist from the University of Zurich together...
View ArticleTapeworms fight to control shared host
If two tapeworms infect the same host and find themselves at cross-purposes, they may actively sabotage each other in a competition to seize control, new research suggests. For the study, Nina Hafer...
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Dinosaurs flourished in Europe until 66 m years ago
Dinosaurs flourished in Europe until the asteroid impact that wiped them out 66 million years ago, a new study shows. By looking at the variety and ages of their fossils, the team of British...
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Ancient stone tools shaped human communication too
The world’s oldest butchering tools gave evolutionary edge to human communication, suggests a new study, adding that teaching — and perhaps even a primitive proto-language — were in place some 1.8...
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Chimpanzees ‘talk’ about their favorite fruits and food patch size
Chimpanzees modify their food calls with respect to tree size for a high valued fruit species. The vocalization capabilities of our closest living relatives, the great apes, often pale in comparison to...
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New insights into mammalian evolution
Why is a dolphin not a cat? Despite having a common ancestor, different mammalian species have acquired their unique characteristics by repurposing functional elements through gene regulation, says a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Researchers discover how hearing evolved
Lungfish and salamanders can hear, despite not having an outer ear or tympanic middle ear. These early terrestrial vertebrates were probably also able to hear 300 million years ago, as shown in a new...
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