News articles tagged with 'vertebrate' (Page 7)
Violent sex acts boost the immunity system of insects
— 4 Dec 2007 18:18 | BiologyThe long-held idea that only vertebrates have sophisticated adaptive immune systems that can protect them for life against many pathogens after being infected by them just once has…
Fossils excavated from Bahamian blue hole may give clues of early life
— 4 Dec 2007 03:08 | Geology and palaeontologyLong before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of…
Langston earns the highest award of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology
— 17 Nov 2007 13:33 | Geology and palaeontologyDr Wann Langston, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, is the 20th recipient of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology's…
Colourful view for first land animals
— 25 Oct 2007 16:18 | BiologyWhen prehistoric fish made their first forays onto land, what did they see? According to a study published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, it's likely that creatures venturing out of the…
The difference between fish and humans: scientists answer century old developmental question
— 11 Oct 2007 07:17 | BiologyEmbryologists at UCL (University College London) have helped solve an evolutionary riddle that has been puzzling scientists for over a century. They have identified a key mechanism…
260 million-year-old reptiles from Russia possessed the first modern ears
— 12 Sep 2007 14:08 | Geology and palaeontologyThe discovery of the first anatomically modern ear in a group of 260 million-year-old fossil reptiles significantly pushes back the date of the origin of an advanced sense of hearing,…
Fossil fish jaws give information on our own remote ancestors
— 17 Aug 2007 07:44 | Geology and palaeontologyWhen we lose our milk teeth they are replaced by new permanent teeth growing out in exactly the same positions. This is an ancient part of our evolutionary heritage and an identifying…
Sea anemone genome provides new view of our ancestors
— 6 Jul 2007 03:11 | BiologyThe first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone shows it to be nearly as complex as the human genome, providing major insights into the common ancestor of not only humans and sea…