Surprising new study redraws family tree of domesticated and 'wild' horses
There are no such things as "wild" horses anymore.
There are no such things as "wild" horses anymore.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2018
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The elusive striped "cat-fox" familiar mostly to Corsican shepherds and as a source of intrigue to scientists, is indeed its own species specific to the French Mediterranean island, the French office for Biodiversity (OFB) ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2023
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Ancient hunter-gatherers began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to thirty thousand years ago – around ten millennia before experts previously thought – according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2017
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Cats understand the principle of cause and effect as well as some elements of physics. Combining these abilities with their keen sense of hearing, they can predict where possible prey hides. These are the findings of researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2016
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Cannabis was first domesticated around 12,000 years ago in China, researchers found, after analyzing the genomes of plants from across the world.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2021
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People who think dogs are exceptionally intelligent are barking up the wrong tree, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2018
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Dingoes might look like regular mutts, but in fact they're genetically in between wolves and dogs, according to a new study published Friday in Science Advances.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2022
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1085
Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others. The ...
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2024
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1000
When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn't require much effort. While that might not come as a surprise to some cat lovers, it does to cat behaviorists. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2021
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Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids—one dog-like and the other wolf-like—with differing diets, which is consistent ...
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2020
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