Ancient Shelducks Colonized Chatham Islands 390,000 Years Ago
A group of paleontologists from New Zealand and Australia has actually explained a brand-new extinct shelduck types from Holocene fossil bone deposits on the Rēkohu Chatham Islands. A creative restoration…
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Ancient predatory whale with big eyes and razor-sharp teeth was ‘deceptively cute’
The recently explained Janjucetus dullardi is understood from juvenile remains. This illustration portrays a J. dullardi calf with its mom. (Image credit: Artwork by Ruairidh Duncan. Source: Museums Victoria)Researchers have…
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Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
Little bit of infections are ingrained inside the human genome and assistance to manage which genes are active. (Image credit: Shutterstock) DNA that human beings obtained from ancient infections plays…
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Ancient DNA suggests ancestors of Estonians, Finns and Hungarians lived in Siberia 4,500 years ago
The Saami individuals, who are native to Finland, speak a Uralic language. (Image credit: Getty Images ) Contemporary speakers of Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian have considerable Siberian origins, a brand-new…
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Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the first dynasty
The rock art panel reveals a boat dragged by 5 figures. It has a standing figure holding an oar and the head and best shoulder of a seated figure inside…
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Paleontologists Find Ancient Proteins in 18-Million-Year-Old Mammal Tooth Enamel
Paleontologists have actually found protein series within thick enamel tissues of ancient rhinocerotid and proboscidean fossils gathered at websites of Buluk and Loperot in the Turkana Basin, Kenya. The Turkana…
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Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
The mandible had actually been separated from the skeleton, and both it and the neurocranium are insufficient, so they were rebuilded and combined with plaster. CT scanning made it possible…
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What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters …
Can you even start to picture what ancient Rome smelled like? (Image credit: minoandriani by means of Getty Images) The holler of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman…
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Ancient ‘female-centered’ society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey
A female figurine discovered at Çatalhöyük in Turkey. (Image credit: Jason Quinlan) Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has actually lastly laid to rest a decades-long dispute about…
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Ancient DNA Study Traces Incredible Journey of Dogs across Americas
Pre-contact Central and South American pet dogs (Canis familiaris— all canines preceding contact with European inhabitants– came down from a single maternal family tree that diverged after canines got in…
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