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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
Secrets of 'DNA' helps dinosaurs dominate Earth
Researchers at the University of Kent, UK, say they have discovered a genetic secret that could help dinosaurs dominate the Earth for 180 million years.
Archeology
Like an ancient extinct because ... lazy
Laziness is extremely disastrous for Homo Erectus, a distant relative of our modern humanity. They were wiped out after nearly 2 million years of existence.
Archeology
Monsters that dominated the prehistoric world
Giant pythons, megalodon sharks, ancient elephants are massive sized species that once roamed the Earth.
Archeology
Animal weight today compared to ancient relatives
Today's animals like boars, sharks, crocodiles, are much smaller in weight than their extinct ancient relatives.
Archeology
Stressful life makes people stand upright
When comparing chimpanzees - relatives of humans, living in dense forests and savanna, scientists recognize many difficulties of primitive people when changing their hab…
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
Prehistoric people used to eat the dead relatives
In a study published in Plos One, British paleontologists said that evidence of prehistoric people living in caves about 15,000 years ago had been found.
Archeology
Dinosaurs share common ancestors with crocodiles
Before the dinosaurs took over the Earth, their crocodile-like cousins walked in what is now Tanzania.
Archeology
Fossil egg shells of ostriches confirm the theory of continental drift
Scientists have thus asserted in a study just published, the DNA test results in ostrich eggs confirmed some aspects of continental drift theory.
Archeology
800-year-old mummy DNA test to find relatives
Russian scientists hope to identify blood relatives of a mummy of 800 years ago, found near the Arctic Circle.
Archeology
Discover fossils of strange ancient deer
Scientists have just announced a new discovery of an ancient deer, an extinct relative of giraffes.
Archeology
Triceratops are only as big as a dog
Strange relatives of the triceratops reveal the effects of continental division on evolution.
Archeology
Discover new human relatives in South Africa
1400 pieces of bone, 140 teeth of a new human species, named Homo Naledi, have been discovered in a cave deep in the ground in Africa.