Fossil of smallest old world monkey species discovered in Kenya
Research team discovered Nanopithecus browni near Kanapoi, Kenya, far from the habitat of other guenonsCredit: Carol Ward Researchers from the ...
Tag: Evolution
Tiny habitant from Abrolhos bank (Brazil) sheds light on tropical Atlantic biogeography
Credit: Dr Bárbara Louise Valentas-Romera For the first time, the bivalve mollusc Guyanella clenchi has been reported from Abrolhos Bank, ...
Infanticide by mammalian mothers
Female mammals kill the offspring of their competitors when resources are scarceCredit: Alecia Carter In previous studies, males have been ...
Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet
With fossils from more than 80 individual dinosaurs, Auroraceratops rugosus, an early horned dinosaur, is one of the best represented ...
Presidential award
UTA biologist receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington Matthew Walsh, an ...
Pairing targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could overcome treatment resistance
Targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could be used together to overcome resistance to treatment in several different tumour ...
Oldest completely preserved lily discovered
Already 115 million years ago, tropical flowering plants were apparently very diverse and showed all typical characteristicsCredit: MfN Berlin Botanist ...
Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s lemurs
Credit: Mitch Irwin, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- A new study led by Mitch Irwin and Karen Samonds of ...
No new males: Climate change threat to Cape Verde turtles
Credit: Lucy Hawkes Rising temperatures could mean no male loggerhead turtles hatch at a key breeding ground by the end ...
Wakanda forever! Scientists describe new species of ‘twilight zone’ fish from Africa
Named for Black Panther's mythical nation of Wakanda, a dazzling new 'Vibranium' Fairy Wrasse enchants with purple scales and a ...
Finding of STEMIN (STEM CELL INDUCING FACTOR) for feasible reprogramming in plants
Credit: NIBB Stem cells self-renew and give rise to cells that are differentiated during development. These differentiated cells can change ...
Ancient epigenetic changes silence cancer-linked genes
Credit: Michael Geng An epigenetic change, a form of DNA control, that deactivates some genes linked to cancer late in ...
Origin of life insight: peptides can form without amino acids
Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors of amino acids under ...
Astronomers expand cosmic ‘cheat sheet’ in hunt for life
ITHACA, N.Y. - Using nature's color palette from early Earth, Cornell University astronomers have created a cosmic "cheat sheet" in ...
Best male biathletes ‘more attractive’
Top male biathletes are more attractive to the opposite sex, according to a new study by scientists at the universities ...
Body plan evolution not as simple as once believed
Hox gene is only part of what determines evolution of limbs, vertebrae in animalsCredit: Eden Wellesley McQueen The role of ...
Cultural drive breeds war in new evolutionary theory
New mathematical model for understanding the evolution of intergroup conflictsCredit: Photo credit: Shield Warrior 0087 by glyphwalker License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode Creative ...
Ancient Saharan seaway shows how Earth’s climate and creatures can undergo extreme change
New AMNH paper provides first reconstructions of some extinct species and a computer-aided map of the seawayCredit: © Carl Buell ...
Jurassic shift: Changing the rules of evolution
Environmental factors have much less of an influence on how successful species are today compared to prehistoric times For more ...
Key early steps for origin of life occur under a variety of conditions
Potential precursors to life on Earth form from a variety of complex mixtures, according to a team of scientists who ...
