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Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia
The world's largest living
lizard species, the Komodo
dragon (Varanus
komodoensis), is vulnerable
to extinction and yet little
... > full story
Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?
When pondering the demise of
a famous dinosaur such as
'Sue,' the mighty
Tyrannosaurus rex whose
fossilized remains are a
star attraction of the Field
... > full story
Lime Mortars In Conservation: Traditional Materials And Craft For The Future
Plaster made from lime is
environment-friendly,
repairable and sustainable.
Despite this, lime plaster
on historic buildings has
... > full story
Archaeologists Discover Amphitheatre In Excavation Of Portus, Ancient Port Of Rome
Archaeologists leading a
major excavation of Portus,
the ancient port of Rome,
have uncovered the remains
of an
... > full story
- Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia
- Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?
- Lime Mortars In Conservation: Traditional Materials And Craft For The Future
- Archaeologists Discover Amphitheatre In Excavation Of Portus, Ancient Port Of Rome
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Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds
September 29, 2009 — A fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings has been discovered in northeastern China. The specimen bridges a critical gap in the transition from dinosaurs to birds, and reveals new insights ... > full story -
Evolutionary Origins Of Prion Disease Gene Uncovered
September 29, 2009 — Scientists have uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also ... > full story -
Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too
September 29, 2009 — The origin of the "Celtic fringe" of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the Northern and Western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy. But new research into the ... > full story -
HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals
September 28, 2009 — The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago -- about 85 million years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age
September 25, 2009 — A new study that reports precise ages for glacial moraines in southern Peru links climate swings in the tropics to those of Europe and North America during the Little Ice Age approximately 150 to 350 ... > full story -
Scandinavians Are Descended From Stone Age Immigrants, Ancient DNA Reveals
September 25, 2009 — Today's Scandinavians are not descended from the people who came to Scandinavia at the conclusion of the last ice age but, apparently, from a population that arrived later, concurrently with the ... > full story -
Jewish Priesthood Has Multiple Lineages, New Genetic Research Indicates
September 25, 2009 — Recent research on the Cohen Y chromosome indicates the Jewish priesthood, the Cohanim, was established by several unrelated male lines rather than a single male lineage dating to ancient Hebrew ... > full story -
Getting A Leg Up On Whale And Dolphin Evolution: New Comprehensive Analysis Sheds Light On The Origin Of Cetaceans
September 25, 2009 — A comprehensive study that builds on previous phylogenetic research on cetaceans and that combines morphology, genetics, and behavior confirms that the closest living relative is the hippo and ... > full story -
First Evolutionary Branching For Bilateral Animals Found
September 25, 2009 — In the most computationally intensive phylogenetic analysis to date, an international research team has found the first evolutionary branching for bilateral animals. The researchers determined that ... > full story -
Ancestral Populations Of India And Relationships To Modern Groups Revealed
September 24, 2009 — In a new study, an international team describes how they harnessed modern genomic technology to explore the ancient history of India, the world's second most populous ... > full story
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