Oceanography
Octopus is like an 'alien creature'
American scientists have revealed octopus as an alien creature because of a completely different set of genes than other animals.
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Oceanography
Human ancestors are jellyfish?
There has long been a related theory of human origins with sponges, but new genetic research shows that a jellyfish-like species is likely to be the origin of every crea…
Oceanography
Three new species of tiger fish were discovered
The report, published in the journal Genome Research, said US scientists have discovered three new strains of amphibian fish using mitochondrial DNA sequencing technolog…
Oceanography
Found a rare form of chlorophyll in a new bacterium that is sequenced
Researchers at Washington University (St. Louis) and Arizona State University recently sequenced the genome of a rare bacterium that is able to capture light energy thro…
Oceanography
The genome of a marine creature carries the secret of the unicellular ancestor of human beings
The newly established genome of a plankton, which consists of only one living sea cell, was published on Feb. 14 in Nature. This genome informs scientists about the evol…
Oceanography
Are corals more complex than humans?
A small coral can have the same number of genes and even more than humans. It is noteworthy that although the evolutionary difference is different, corals have many gene…
Oceanography
People have relatives with sea urchins
Scientists have deciphered the sea urchin genome and found that the soft-bodied creatures are not spent, not the same brain as humans. They found the purple sea urchin g…
Archeology
We have become more extinct with the Neanderthals than we thought
A newly excavated 52,000-year-old piece of bone in Croatia has revealed more about the origins of humanity.
Archeology
Strange findings from ancient DNA
It is very rare to find people who live with DNA almost unchanged for 8000 years. The ancient world had crazy migrations and genome disturbances everywhere.
Archeology
Thanks to Neanderthals, we are suffering from schizophrenia
Previous studies have shown that Neanderthal genes are involved in regulating fat metabolism, as well as determining the risk of depression and lupus.
Archeology
Scientists want to rebuild Leonardo da Vinci's genome
500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci pioneered quite a number of research fields, from poetry to mathematics, engineering, anatomy, science, astronomy, geology and especiall…
Archeology
Genetic secrets make other monkeys
When the entire human genome was sequenced for the first time 13 years ago, scientists were stunned to discover that our DNA was so different from its relatives - monkey…
Archeology
Evidence shows that humans evolved from fish
Recently, paleontologists have found a connection between fish fins and human hands, contributing to confirming the evolutionary origin of our fish.
Archeology
Successfully decoding the genome of a 45,000-year-old man
Scientists have successfully deciphered the genome of a man who lived 45,000 years ago.
Archeology
The era of dinosaurs can be revived
Biologists from Oxford University claimed that though they had disappeared from the earth tens of millions of years ago, however, dinosaurs and mammoths could have been…