News articles tagged with 'ancestors'
Bizarre walking bat has ancient heritage
— 29 Jul 2009 18:48 | Geology and palaeontologyA bizarre New Zealand bat that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air had an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago with the same rare ability,... — full story
54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains
— 23 Jun 2009 11:41 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of... — full story
Researchers describe a new hominid
— 4 Jun 2009 03:55 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia (ICP), from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, directed by professor Salvador Moya-Sola, publish this week in the prestigious scientific... — full story
The role of inbreeding in the extinction of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty
— 15 Apr 2009 05:01 | HealthThe powerful Habsburg dynasty ruled Spain and its empire from 1516 to 1700 but when King Charles II died in 1700 without any children from his two marriages, the male line died out... — full story
Ancestors of African Pygmies and neighbouring farmers separated around 60,000 years ago
— 10 Apr 2009 13:34 | BiologyAll African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international... — full story
Dental analytics describe evolution of human diet
— 13 Feb 2009 10:00 | HealthUniversity of Arkansas anthropology professor Peter Ungar spends hours crouched in forests in remote locations studying monkeys; he uses dental techniques to create moulds of teeth;... — full story
Evolutionary link to modern-day obesity, other problems
— 13 Feb 2009 10:00 | HealthThat irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago... — full story
Pubic hair provides evolutionary home for gorilla lice
— 12 Feb 2009 11:30 | BiologyThere are two species of lice that infest humans: pubic lice, Pthirus pubis, and human head and body lice, Pediculus humanus. A new article in BioMed Central's open access Journal of... — full story
Reptile fossil re-ignites debate over New Zealand submergence
— 24 Jan 2009 16:52 | Geology and palaeontologyThe fossil of a lizard-like New Zealand reptile has been identified by a team of scientists from UCL (University College London), University of Adelaide, and the Museum of New Zealand... — full story
'Hobbit' fossils represent a new species
— 18 Dec 2008 11:12 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Minnesota anthropology professor Kieran McNulty (along with colleague Karen Baab of Stony Brook University in New York) has made an important contribution toward solving... — full story