Mole rat may hold key to human longevity
July 3rd, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, July 3 (IANS) Compared to the average three-year life span of a common rat, the 10 to 30-year life of the naked mole rat, an underground rodent native ... Read more...
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Tyrannosaurus bone found in Southern Hemisphere
March 29th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): This might be a breakthrough in the study of tyrannosaurus’ evolutionary lineage. For the first time, an international team of paleontologists have found evidence ... Read more...
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Fossil fragments unravel 500-million-year-old predator
March 21st, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 21 (IANS) Although described as crustacean-like animal in 1912, Hurdia victoria is just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that has links with the largest group of ... Read more...
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Apes can’t recognise own faces in mirror
February 26th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 26 (ANI): Unlike chimpanzees, orang-utans and gorillas, apes do not recognise their own face in a mirror, a new study has found.According to scientists, the lack of self-recognition in gibbons ... Read more...
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