A new study suggests that dogs may have first successfully migrated to the Americas only about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first human migrants crossed a land bridge from Siberia to North America.
Evolution
Jan 7, 2015
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At one time or another most of us wonder where we came from, where our parents or grandparents and their parents came from. Did our ancestors come from Europe or Asia? As curious as we are about our ancestors, for practical ...
Evolution
Aug 14, 2009
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The horse transformed human history—and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse.
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2024
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A large international team of researchers has conducted an extensive genetic analysis of lions, and in so doing, has learned about their evolutionary history. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today's surviving whales, new research from Oregon State University shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2023
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Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve reproduction and genetic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 4, 2011
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The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a "super pest" that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world.
Evolution
Feb 18, 2022
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After more than a century of study, mysteries still remain about the process of meiosis -- a special type of cell division that helps insure genetic diversity in sexually-reproducing organisms. Now, researchers at Stowers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2011
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The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea (PNG) served as a launching pad for the colonization of the Pacific—one ...
Archaeology
Apr 22, 2022
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For the first time, researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a genome-scale technology that makes it possible to reveal the role of genes and traits in plants previously hidden by functional redundancy.
Biotechnology
May 15, 2023
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