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How the ‘first bird’ leapt into the sky and soared above the dinosaurs
6+ day, 2+ min ago (716+ words) Archaeopteryx is an icon of evolution and is often called the first bird. Scientists have long debated just how it took off from the ground but a recent study published by my colleagues and I has brought new insights to…...
3D scans of Tasmanian tiger’s skull reveal it had crocodile-style snapping jaws
1+ week, 6+ day ago (452+ words) A new study has found that Tasmanian tigers had an adaptation is found in no living carnivorous mammal....
Discovery of ancient DNA from antelope fossils in South Africa opens a new window on the past
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (829+ words) Over the past 50,000 years, many of the world’s large mammals have gone extinct. Until recent decades, all we knew about them came from fossils. Now, analysis of ancient DNA is adding to the picture. Ancient DNA is damaged and degraded…...
Early mammals weren’t all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (740+ words) These early mammals looked like shrews do today. They were small and had a long body, eyes typical for nocturnal mammals and little spiky teeth for eating insects. But they were not shrews. They were the ancestors of all the…...
Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex geologic history
2+ week, 6+ day ago (578+ words) My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rivers and streams across the region and collected…...
Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical
3+ week, 3+ day ago (946+ words) Take a walk in London’s Trafalgar Square this summer and wilting under the heat will be all sorts of body sizes, some tall, some short: a real mix of sizes. Picking just two from the crowd to represent the whole…...
Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree
3+ week, 4+ day ago (882+ words) Humanity’s family tree is long and tangled. Scientists sort our ancient relatives into three familiar groups: Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Each of these is a “genus”, the rank just above a species. (In Homo sapiens, Homo is the genus and…...