The history of dogs has been intertwined, since ancient times, with that of the humans who domesticated them.
Evolution
Feb 23, 2021
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In 2013, University of Michigan researcher Bill Sanders was invited to the Arabian Peninsula by an international team studying fossils and fossil sites in Abu Dhabi.
Evolution
Oct 31, 2023
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Ancient animal tracks dated almost two-million years old have been unearthed accidentally by Heriot-Watt University scientists from the Lyell Center in Edinburgh.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 23, 2021
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903
Biomechanical studies on the arachnid-like front "legs" of an extinct apex predator show that the 2-foot (60 centimeter) marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis was likely much weaker than once assumed. One of the largest animals ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 4, 2023
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900
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals ...
Evolution
Nov 1, 2022
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898
Genes that determine the shape of a person's facial profile have been discovered by a UCL-led research team.
Evolution
Feb 5, 2021
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A newly published study has found that males of some of our earliest known ancestors were significantly larger than females. The pronounced difference in body size present in both Australopithecus afarensis (the East African ...
Evolution
Jul 29, 2025
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887
Mere spoonsful of soil pulled from Canada's permafrost are opening vast windows into ancient life in the Yukon, revealing rich new information and rewriting previous beliefs about the extinction dynamics, dates and survival ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 8, 2021
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8131
The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. It has a cold and arid environment and its elevation often surpasses 4000 meters above sea level ...
Evolution
Mar 17, 2023
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870
A study into tooth wear in a group of wild Japanese macaques has significant implications for the study of human evolution, a University of Otago study has shown.
Evolution
Mar 3, 2022
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