Venerated for 150 years as the forebear of all birds until being relegated two years ago to the common class of winged dinosaurs, the Archaeopteryx was restored to its hallowed branch on the tree of life ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 29, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth. The study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 19, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

A joint team from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and Office for Cultural Relics Administration ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 13, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 0

When we look around in nature, most species seem well adapted to their environment. Scientists have found, however, that species evolve relentlessly and that evolutionary changes occur at a surprisingly rapid pace.

Biology - Evolution

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A Kyoto University research team has revealed that a chimpanzee spontaneously synchronized her tapping to an auditory rhythm. The results are reported in Scientific Reports, a journal published by Nature ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 4

(Phys.org) —The evolution of anthropoid primates, including monkeys, apes and humans, over the past 40 million years was largely driven by brain reorganization, and not brain size, according to new research ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A series of papers in scientific journals has established a general framework for the biogeographical evolution of palms.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

It can take years of direct observation for a researcher to fully understand the diets of a community of herbivorous insects in a tropical rain forest. Now, five Smithsonian scientists are paving a fast track ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Chimpanzees watch what they eat and when, which may show that these primates are giving some thought to the quality of their food, according to Purdue University research.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Citizen science surveys compare well with traditional scientific methods when it comes to monitoring species biodiversity – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Biology - Ecology

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Just over 90 years ago a discovery was made that started a fascinating journey exploring human evolution in Africa. The Broken Hill skull was the first early human fossil to be found in Africa and evidence ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The population of Yelkouan Shearwater of the French island of Le Levant is seriously under threat due to the invasion of wild cats, according to a French and Spanish joint study. The archipelago is home to ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Natural selection can be an agonizingly long process. Some organisms have a way of taking matters into their own hands, or—in the case of the ant species Cerapachys biroi—mandibles.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 01, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 19 |

Research by US Forest Service scientists forecasts profound changes over the next 50 years in the summer range of the endangered Indiana bat. In an article published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, Forest Service Southe ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers from Wits University and the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, together with international scientists announced on Tuesday, 22 January 2012, the discovery of a two million year old fossil ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

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