Researchers have developed a new method to retrieve hominin DNA from cave sediments—even in the absence of skeletal remains.
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2017
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About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in the western part of the Eurasian continent, gave way to Homo sapiens, who had arrived from Africa. This replacement was not sudden, ...
Evolution
Oct 18, 2023
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Between 1840 and 1867, thousands of enslaved Africans who had been "liberated" from slave ships intercepted by the British Royal Navy were taken to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. But little is written in history ...
Archaeology
Sep 7, 2023
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An emerging type of material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) could help improve the delivery of genetic material for treating disease.
Biochemistry
Apr 11, 2022
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Although carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, they avoid mating with each other. LMU researchers have now identified a mutation that appears to contribute to this instance of reproductive ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2020
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For many decades, Aboriginal Australians have campaigned for the return of ancestral remains that continue to be stored in museums worldwide.
Archaeology
Dec 20, 2018
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Some female members of a critically endangered species of sawfish are reproducing in the wild without sex. The discovery, reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 1, marks the first time living offspring ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2015
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Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2013
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The initial peopling of North America from Asia occurred approximately 15,000-18,000 years ago, however estimations of the genetic diversity of the first settlers have remained inaccurate. In a report published online today ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2010
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Animals that seem identical may belong to completely different species. This is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have used DNA analyses to discover that one of our most common segmented ...
Evolution
Apr 22, 2009
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