Ancient Bear DNA Sequenced From Old Cave Dirt in Historic First For Science
The dirt scattered across the floor of an ancient, remote cave in Mexico has yielded a new source of viable ancient DNA.
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The dirt scattered across the floor of an ancient, remote cave in Mexico has yielded a new source of viable ancient DNA.
This exceptionally preserved Protoceratops specimen includes six embryos that preserve nearly complete skeletons. M. Ellison/©AMNH Previously discovered dinosaur eggs were all hard-shelled. But fossilized eggs from two dino species in the Gobi Desert had soft shells, a June study revealed. "I've been excavating in Mongolia for 20 years now, and we find a lot of dinosaur eggs. But these clutches tell us something very different from what we knew before," Mark Norell, the lead author of the study and a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History, previously told Business Insider. ...
13 discoveries in the last year have fundamentally altered our understanding of human history 13 discoveries in the last year have fundamentally altered our understanding of human historyhttps://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/13-discoveries-in-the-last-year-have-fundamentally-altered-our-understanding-of-human-history/slidelist/79683928.cms2020-12-11T21:53:36+05:30 2020-12-11T21:11:51+05:30 13 discoveries in the last year have fundamentally altered our understanding of human history Aylin WoodwardDec 11, 2020, 21:53 IST Mikkel Winther Pedersen and other team members sample different arch...