Remarkable Sense of Touch in Elephant’s Trunk Isn’t Just about Muscles or Nerves: Study
Keratin composites make it possible for animals to trek with hooves, fly with plumes, and sense with skin. Mammalian hairs are lengthened keratin rods connected to tactile skin structures that…
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Remarkable Fossil from South Africa May Be New Species of Australopithecus: Study
New research study led by researchers from the University of Cambridge and Latrobe University challenges the category of the Little Foot fossil as Australopithecus prometheus The Little Foot fossil in…
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3 remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses ‘pincer, fork and key’
There are an approximated 50,000 types of spider living in the world, from leviathans like the huge huntsman and goliath birdeaterdown to the smallest, the dwarf orb weaver and Patu…
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‘Remarkable’ 1,000-year-old ring from Scotland’s ‘painted people’ found at destroyed fort
The 1,000-year-old ring consists of either a piece of garnet or red glass at its. (Image credit: National Museum Scotland) A volunteer in Scotland has actually found an uncommon, 1,000-year-old…
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