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Published Unknown animals were leaving bird-like footprints in Late Triassic Southern Africa



Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new ...
Published Some Pre-Roman humans were buried with dogs, horses and other animals



Some people from an ancient community in what is now northern Italy were interred with animals and a ...
Published AI provides more accurate analysis of prehistoric and modern animals, painting picture of ancient world



A new study of the remains of prehistoric and modern African antelopes found that AI technology accu...
Published Decoding the world's largest animal genome



Scientists have sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome. Their data help to ...
Published Evolution's recipe book: How 'copy paste' errors cooked up the animal kingdom



A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have...
Published Earliest land animals had fewer skull bones than fish -- restricting their evolution, scientists find - Earliest Land Animals Had Fewer Skull Bones Than Fish -- Restricting Their Evolution, Scientists Find


The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for m...
Published New method traces ancestry of hybrid plants and animals - New Method Traces Ancestry of Hybrid Plants and Animals



Hybrid plants and animals have complicated genomes. A biologist has discovered a way to reveal their ...
Published Origin of ancient mummified baboons found in Egypt



Primatologists are using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of ancient mummified ba...
Published A mixed origin made maize successful



Maize is one of the world's most widely grown crops. It is used for both human and animal foods and ...
Published Great apes playfully tease each other



Babies playfully tease others as young as eight months of age. Since language is not required for th...
Published Elephant ancestors´ teeth evolved in response to long term changes in diet and climate in Africa



A new study shows that the cheek teeth of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) evol...
Published Archaeologists discover world's oldest wooden structure



Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structu...
Published Human shoulders and elbows first evolved as brakes for climbing apes



Researchers report that the flexible shoulders and elbows that allow us to throw a football or reach...
Published Early hunting, farming homogenized mammal communities of North America - Early Hunting and Farming Homogenized Mammal Communities of North America


Whether by the spear or the plow, humans have been homogenizing the mammal communities of North Amer...
Published When did the chicken cross the road? New evidence from Central Asia



An international team of scholars present the earliest clear archaeological and biomolecular evidenc...
Published Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later



A new study has reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived...
Published Head lice evolution mirrors human migration and colonization in the Americas



A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that lice came to the Americas twice -- once durin...
Published Evolution of taste: Early sharks were able to perceive bitter substances



New genetic data show that humans and sharks share bitter taste receptors, even though their evoluti...
Published Scientists ID burned bodies using technique used for extracting DNA from woolly mammoths, Neanderthals



A technique originally devised to extract DNA from woolly mammoths and other ancient archaeological...
Published Ancient microbes offer clues to how complex life evolved



Researchers have discovered that a single-celled organism, a close relative of animals, harbors the ...