Ancient bird fossil found in China
August 19th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) A fossil of a bird dating back to seven million years was discovered in northwest China, Xinhua reported Friday.It was the first intact bird fossil ever ... Read more...
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Lungfish’s tooth enamel can help make lighter vehicles
November 30th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 30 (IANS) The tooth enamel of lungfish and garfish could help create a new material to make lighter aircraft or vehicles.Professor John Barry, physicist from Queensland University of Technology, is ... Read more...
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Ancient animal urine offers insight into climate change
October 13th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington Oct 13 (ANI): Scientists are using an unusual resource to investigate ancient climates-prehistoric animal urine.Researchers from the University of Leicester are using rock hyrax, a common species in countries such as ... Read more...
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New discoveries make ancient animal explosion bigger
September 10th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered eight new kinds of the earliest animals from the Cambrian Explosion in a unexpected section of ancient rock 30 miles from the famous Burgess Shale ... Read more...
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World’s oldest surviving creature found in Britain
July 30th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) A rare shrimp that may be the most ancient animal species on earth is alive and well in Britain, scientists have discovered.
Two colonies of the tadpole shrimp, ... Read more...
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‘Most ancient’ animal species on Earth discovered in Scotland
July 30th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 30 (ANI): A rare shrimp, believed to be the most ancient animal species on Earth, is alive and well in Scotland, discovered scientists.Two colonies of the tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, ... Read more...
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2,000-year-old temple dedicated to cat god found in Egypt
January 20th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple in Alexandria dedicated to a cat goddess.According to a report by BBC News, the temple is the first trace ... Read more...
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Winter solstice feasts may have taken place around Stonehenge 4,500 years ago
December 26th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 26 (ANI): In a new research, archaeologists have come across ancient animal bones near Stonehenge, which date back to 4,500 years, indicating a connection between the prehistoric site to winter ... Read more...
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People hunted and shared meat differently 200,000 years ago
October 15th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 15 (ANI): New finds unearthed at Qesem Cave in Israel suggest that during the late Lower Paleolithic period, between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago, people hunted and shared meat differently ... Read more...
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Humans didn’t descend from a sponge, reveals analysis
April 3rd, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 3 (ANI): A new research has rebuffed a theory which said that humans have descended from a sponge, and has determined that all sponges descended from a unique sponge ancestor, ... Read more...
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Ancient turtle rode freshwater wave to migrate from Asia to North America
February 2nd, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found a surprise fossil of a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle in Arctic Canada, which suggests that the ancient animal migrated from ... Read more...
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Stone Age humans consumed milk 2,000 years earlier than previously thought
August 7th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): New discoveries of the earliest known milk containers has suggested that prehistoric humans consumed milk at least 8,500 years ago, which is up to 2,000 years earlier ... Read more...
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Platypus genome provides clues that may impact human disease prevention
May 8th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 8 (ANI): An international consortium of scientists has, for the first time, analysed the genome of the platypusa mammal that has a beak and feet like a duck, lays ... Read more...
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Elephants ancestors lived in water 37 million years ago
April 15th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 15 (ANI): A new study has suggested that an ancient ancestor of the elephant lived in an aquatic environment 37 million years ago.According to a report in National Geographic ... Read more...
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