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Genome sequencing of the living coelacanth sheds light on the evolution of land vertebrate
Apr 22, 2013 (SPX)
An historic fish, with an intriguing past, now has had its genome sequenced, providing a wealth of information on the genetic changes that accompanied the adapt...
Dinosaur egg study supports evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs
Apr 22, 2013 (SPX)
A small, bird-like North American dinosaur incubated its eggs in a similar way to brooding birds - bolstering the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs,...
Fishing for solutions
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
Equipped with the zebrafish genome, researchers have designed a method to assay the function of each and every gene and to explore the effects genetic variation...
Researchers demonstrate oldest dinosaur embryos
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including a paleontologist from the University of Bonn, have proven dinosaur embryos to be the oldest ever found. The spec...
New measurement of crocodilian nerves could help scientists understand ancient animals
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
Crocodilians have nerves on their faces that are so sensitive, they can detect a change in a pond when a single drop hits the water surface several feet away. A...
Researcher offers clues on the origins of life
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how li...
Carbon's role in atmosphere formation
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
A new study of how carbon is trapped and released by iron-rich volcanic magma offers clues about the early atmospheric evolution on Mars and other terrestrial b...
New evidence dinosaurs were strong swimmers
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
A University of Alberta researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances. Working together with an...
Ancient shrimp had advanced cardiovascular system
Apr 07, 2013 (UPI)
A group of international scientists have discovered the earliest example of an advanced cardiovascular system. The well-formed heart and blood vessels were foun...
Controversial worm keeps its position as the progenitor of mankind
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers are arguing about whether or not the Xenoturbella bocki worm is the progenitor of mankind. But new studies indicate that this is actually the case. ...
New fossil species from a fish-eat-fish world when limbed animals evolved
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
"We call it a 'fish-eat-fish world,' an ecosystem where you really needed to escape predation," said Dr. Ted Daeschler, describing life in the Devonian period i...
A tiny grain helps reveal the history of a rock
Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)
Rutile is used in ceramics and paints, but is particularly useful for finding out about the history of a rock. Where mineral deposits are found, rutile is often...
How can basin rocks recorded formation of Dabie orogen
Mar 26, 2013 (SPX)
Deep subduction of continental crust and rapid exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, and its mechanism have been one of the most important issues ...
Before Dinosaurs' Era, Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction
Mar 26, 2013 (SPX)
More than 200 million years ago, a massive extinction decimated 76 percent of marine and terrestrial species, marking the end of the Triassic period and the ons...
An oxygen-poor 'boring' ocean challenged evolution of early life
Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)
A research team led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has filled in a billion-year gap in our understanding of conditions in the earl...
Ancient megavolcanoes killed half the world's species
Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)
New rock dating techniques have helped narrow the timeframe of a chain of massive volcanic eruptions that wiped out half the world's species 200 million years a...
Foundations of Carbon-Based Life Leave Little Room for Error
Mar 15, 2013 (SPX)
Life as we know it is based upon the elements of carbon and oxygen. Now a team of physicists, including one from North Carolina State University, is looking at ...
Strange creature provides crucial missing link
Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)
Christopher Cameron of the University of Montreal's Department of Biological Sciences and his colleagues have unearthed a major scientific discovery - a strange...
Early birds had four wings, not two: study
Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)
Some primitive birds boasted four wings, before evolution led them to ditch their hind feathers in favor of webbed or scaly feet, scientists in China said on Th...
Untangling life's origins
Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers in the Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory at the University of Illinois in collaboration with German scientists have been using bioinformatics t...
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