New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10,000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want ...
Archaeology
Mar 20, 2018
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Our ancestors' transition out of the water and onto the land was a pivotal moment in evolution. No longer buoyed by water, early tetrapods (animals with four limbs) had to overcome gravity in order to move their bodies. Exactly ...
Archaeology
Feb 9, 2018
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The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus), known as the dragon fish, is one of the most prized and expensive aquarium fishes in the world. Scleropages is an extant freshwater fish of Osteoglossidae with a transoceanic distribution ...
Archaeology
Apr 11, 2017
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Space travel in a reduced gravity environment can have lasting effects on the body. For example, studies clearly show that astronauts undergo a significant drop in bone mineral density during space missions, but the precise ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2017
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Enantiornithes are the most successful clade of Mesozoic birds, representing the sister group of the Ornithuromorpha, which gave rise to living birds. Nevertheless, the feeding habits of enantiornithines have remained unknown ...
Archaeology
May 6, 2016
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Studies of medaka fish raised on the International Space Station shed light on how bone responds to sustained exposure to microgravity.
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2015
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Analysis of the ear bones of the River Murray estuarine fish black bream has revealed how these fish 'hedge their bets' for population survival.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2015
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The Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group in northeastern China has yielded the world's greatest wealth of exceptionally well-preserved early birds. More than 30 bird taxa have been reported from the Jehol Group – approximately ...
Archaeology
Oct 14, 2013
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Why did anatomically modern humans replace Neandertals in Europe around 40,000 years ago?
Archaeology
Sep 17, 2013
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A Singapore-based research team has used fluorescent labeling of embryonic cell populations to pinpoint the origin of scales and fins in modern-day fish. These tissues are evolutionary relics of the first skeletons and were ...
Evolution
Aug 28, 2013
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