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Published The ancestor of all modern birds probably had iridescent feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there:...
Published First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved...
Published Woolly mammoth movements tied to earliest Alaska hunting camps
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human...
Published The evolution of Asia's mammals was dictated by ancient climate change and rising mountains - The Evolution of Asia's Mammals: How Ancient Climate Change and Rising Mountains Shaped Their Destiny
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study compiles data on more than 3,000 species to show how climate and geologic changes across ...
Published Species losses on isolated Panamanian island show importance of habitat connectivity - Species Losses on Isolated Panamanian Island Show Importance of Habitat Connectivity
(via sciencedaily.com) Free from human disturbance for a century, an inland island in Central America has nevertheless lost...
Published Revealing the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals - Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals
(via sciencedaily.com) An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of a...
Published The secret lives of Darwin's finches reveal daily commutes the equivalent of 30 soccer fields - The Secret Lives of Darwin's Finches: Daily Commutes Equivalent to 30 Soccer Fields
(via sciencedaily.com) Using radio transmitters, scientists have gained new insights into the behavior of medium ground fin...
Published Introduced birds are not replacing roles of human-caused extinct species - Introduced Birds Are Not Replacing Roles of Human-Caused Extinct Species
(via sciencedaily.com) Human-caused bird extinctions are driving losses of functional diversity on islands worldwide, and t...
Published Parental investment may have aided evolution of larger brains - Parental Investment May Have Aided Evolution of Larger Brains
(via sciencedaily.com) A review of evidence from prior research provides new support for the possibility that the evolution...
Published Lost giants: New study reveals the abundance decline of African megafauna - Lost Giants: The Abundance Decline of African Megafauna
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A groundbreaking new paper focuses on the size and abundance of living and fossil African large mamm...
Published Sauropod dinosaurs were restricted to warmer regions of Earth - Sauropod Dinosaurs Were Restricted to Warmer Regions of Earth
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A study investigated the enigma of why sauropod fossils are only found at lower latitudes, while fos...
Published Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind - Bird Brains Left Other Dinosaurs Behind
(via sciencedaily.com) Research on a newly discovered bird fossil found that a unique brain shape may be why the ancestors...
Published First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm - First Australians Ate Giant Eggs of Huge Flightless Birds, Ancient Proteins Confirm
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists settle debate surrounding species that laid eggs exploited by early Australian people aro...
Published Environmental conditions of early humans in Europe - Environmental Conditions of Early Humans in Europe
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The conditions under which early members of the genus Homo dispersed outside Africa were analysed on...
Published Plant-eating lizards on the cusp of tooth evolution - Plant-Eating Lizards on the Cusp of Tooth Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers found that complex teeth, a hallmark of mammals, also evolved several times in reptiles,...
Published Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin - Venoms in Snakes and Salivary Protein in Mammals Share a Common Origin
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study has found that a class of toxins found in snake and mammalian venom evolved from the sam...
Published Forget mammoths: These researchers are exploring bringing back the extinct Christmas Island rat - Forget Mammoths: These Researchers are Exploring Bringing Back the Extinct Christmas Island Rat
(via sciencedaily.com) Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, mammoths 4,000 years ago, and the Christmas Island Rat...
Published Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thought - Climatic Variability Might Not Drive Evolutionary Change as Much as Previously Thought
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study combining records of climate change during the last 3.5 million years with fossil eviden...
Published Genetic evolution doesn't always take millions of years - Genetic Evolution: It Doesn't Always Take Millions of Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the European Starling is a wildly successful bird. A new st...
Published Brain size determined the chances of survival among large animals, study finds - Brain Size Determines Survival Chances for Large Animals: Study Finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have examined the mass extinction of large animals over the past tens of thousands of ye...