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Meat is the driving force of evolution
Archeology

Meat is the driving force of evolution

Scientists explained that human ancestors began to use meat as food about 1.5 million years ago, meaning much earlier than current theories.

December 17, 2018
Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain
Archeology

Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain

Fossils discovered in mudstone in Yunnan Province, China are Fuxianhuia protensa, ancient ancestors of arthropods today. They appeared in the Cambrian period dating back…

December 17, 2018
Dinosaurs do not disappear?
Archeology

Dinosaurs do not disappear?

The first two authors of this study, Associate Professor Arkhat Abzhanov - an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University and Dr. Bhart Anjan Bhullar, found evidence th…

December 17, 2018
Discovered the oldest vertebrate creature
Archeology

Discovered the oldest vertebrate creature

Named Coronacollina acula, this creature was from 560-550 million years ago, ie during the Ediacaran period (630-542 million years ago), before the outbreak of life and…

December 17, 2018
Small horses like ... cats
Archeology

Small horses like ... cats

Over 50 million years ago, Earth's temperatures were higher than now, and cat-only horses have a lot in North American forests.

December 17, 2018
Discover new dinosaurs with horns
Archeology

Discover new dinosaurs with horns

What remains of a new herbivore belonging to the group of triceratops along with many other fossils has been unearthed at a quarry in Alberta, Canada in 1916.

December 17, 2018
Detection of skin with skin 1.9 million years
Archeology

Detection of skin with skin 1.9 million years

Scientists have discovered two quite complete skeletons with a life of 1.9 million years. In it, it is important to have some skin left, creating a premise to test our a…

December 17, 2018
Determining the evolution of human apes
Archeology

Determining the evolution of human apes

CT scans (computed tomography scans) of fossilized skull fragments dating back to 1.4 million years can help researchers end a long debate about the evolution of Austral…

December 17, 2018
Humans evolved due to climate change?
Archeology

Humans evolved due to climate change?

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the rapid fluctuation of temperature coincides with the emergence of distant relatives with humans and th…

December 17, 2018
Cooking - an intense breakthrough of evolution
Archeology

Cooking - an intense breakthrough of evolution

New evidence shows that human ancestors started cooking about 1.9 million years ago, and this finding also explains the structure of the teeth and intestines of modern p…

December 17, 2018