Global human genomes reveal rich genetic diversity shaped by complex evolutionary history

Global human genomes reveal rich genetic diversity shaped by complex evolutionary history

A new study has provided the most comprehensive analysis of human genetic diversity to date, after the sequencing of 929 human genomes by s...

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Fine-tuning radiocarbon dating could 'rewrite' ancient events

Fine-tuning radiocarbon dating could 'rewrite' ancient events

Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for det...

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Bone analyses tell about kitchen utensils in the Middle Ages

Bone analyses tell about kitchen utensils in the Middle Ages

Clay pots? Wooden spoons? Copper pots? Silver forks? What materials has man used for making kitchen utensils throughout history? A new stud...

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Ancient teeth reveal gender inequality in Bronze Age China

Ancient teeth reveal gender inequality in Bronze Age China

Analysing 2500-year-old teeth has thrown open a window onto life and gender inequality during Bronze Age China. Credit: Chinanews.com ...

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Fossil snake with infrared vision: Early evolution of snakes in the Messel Pit examined

Fossil snake with infrared vision: Early evolution of snakes in the Messel Pit examined

Together with his Argentinian colleague Agustin Scanferla, Senckenberg scientist Krister Smith studied the early evolution of snakes in the...

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Late Cretaceous dinosaur-dominated ecosystem

Late Cretaceous dinosaur-dominated ecosystem

A topic of considerable interest to paleontologists is how dinosaur-dominated ecosystems were structured, how dinosaurs and co-occurring an...

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Ancient fish fossil reveals evolutionary origin of the human hand

Ancient fish fossil reveals evolutionary origin of the human hand

An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada has revealed new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. ...

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'Wonderchicken' fossil from the age of dinosaurs reveals origin of modern birds

'Wonderchicken' fossil from the age of dinosaurs reveals origin of modern birds

The oldest fossil of a modern bird yet found, dating from the age of dinosaurs, has been identified by an international team of palaeontolo...

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Beetles changed their diet during the Cretaceous period

Beetles changed their diet during the Cretaceous period

Like a snapshot, amber preserves bygone worlds. An international team of paleontologists from the University of Bonn has now described four...

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Study finds bird evolution shaped by Tibetan Plateau

Study finds bird evolution shaped by Tibetan Plateau

Elizabeth Scordato, an assistant professor of biological sciences, is the lead author of a study that found the evolution of barn swallows ...

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The life and death of one of America's most mysterious trees

The life and death of one of America's most mysterious trees

A majestic ponderosa pine, standing tall in what is widely thought to have been the "center of the world" for the Ancestral Puebl...

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'Little Foot' skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived

'Little Foot' skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived

High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as "Little Foot" has revealed some aspects of how thi...

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