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Apr. 20, 2021 7:38 PM
Scientists have sequenced ancient DNA from soil for the first time, and the advance will transform what is known about everything from evolution to climate change.
The study of ancient DNA has profoundly changed our image of ourselves: less fashioned by God as if from clay and more the spawn of prehistoric sex fiends. Now a new paper is changing our picture of the black bear of ancient Mexico – which, it turns out, did not relieve itself only in the woods.
Around 16,000 years ago, during the tail end of the Stone Age, black bears defecated in a cave. We know this thanks to researchers from the University of Copenhagen – led by Prof. Eske Willerslev – who recreated the genomes of plants, animals and bacteria from microscopic fragments of DNA detected in the soil of Chiquihuite Cave in northern Mexico. Their momentous discovery of ursine choices for defecation sites was published Monday in
Komodo dragons grew large on several Indonesian islands
Animals living on islands tend to evolve into either giants or dwarfs in relation to their continental ancestors, reveals a new study.
The analysis of more than a thousand land animal species shows that the so-called ‘island rule’ holds true for mammals, birds, reptiles, and, to a lesser extent, amphibians.
Most so-called ‘rules’ in evolution turn out to be fairly limited in their scope and predictive power. From that perspective our results are exciting. Dr Joseph Tobias
The research, published today in
Nature Ecology and Evolution, was carried out by a team of scientists based at several European institutions, including Imperial College London.
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It s true. Despite Bigfoot sightings and legends being most prominent in the northwest and Adirondack mountains, there have been over a dozen sightings or reports in the Western New York region.
Bigfoot is a myth for many, but it s mystery is why it captivates so many people. C mon, when a Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster documentary pops up on the Discovery Channel, it s hard to not watch it. Imagination runs wild and that s what makes it interesting to us,
As you can imagine, many of the sightings are out in rural areas. All the reports are courtesy of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.
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