Sentences with phrase «about ancient animal»

Regardless of how the Doushantuo fossils end up being classified, Donoghue's observation about their similarity to mesomycetozoeans may tell a lot about ancient animal evolution.

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Even when speaking of the ancient Hebrews, it is correct to say their «cult» when speaking about how they worshiped Yahweh — they had a priestly class that sacrificed animals, etc..

Higham's team collected and radiocarbon - dated about 20 samples of artifacts and animal bones with cut marks, which presumably were discarded by ancient humans.

Because skates are an evolutionarily ancient animal, that means the neurons essential for walking originated in species that separated from other four - legged vertebrates, or tetrapods, about 420 million years ago.

Hydra represent an evolutionary ancient branch of the animal kingdom; they have a simple body plan with a nerve net of only about 3000 neurons.

Using ancient DNA, along with the remains of pollen, plants, and animals collected from lake sediments, a new study has an answer: about 12,600 years ago.

The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals» fraught relationship with climate change

Scientists have been giving us new views of the prehistoric world in the past decade that hinge on the realization that «biomolecules» such as ancient DNA and collagen can survive for tens of thousands of years and give important information about long - dead plants, animals, and humans.

The new views of the prehistoric world hinge on the realization that «biomolecules» such as ancient DNA and collagen can survive for tens of thousands of years and give important information about long - dead plants, animals, and humans.

Studying animals that show similar hemispheric biases for their own vocalization — like primates, sea lions and horses — could reveal important clues about how ancient language - processing mechanisms are, she adds: «Evolutionarily, this could go far beyond primates to a common ancestor for all mammals.

An ancient animal with a serpent - like body plan and four tiny legs could reveal details about the evolutionary origins of snakes

According to Strausfeld, confirmation of this shared ground pattern in the vertebrate hippocampus would suggest that it originated from a very ancient common ancestor likely to have lived about 600 million years ago just before the Cambrian explosion, a relatively short period when most major animal phyla emerged.

We have known about this human and animal pathogen, TB, since ancient times, and it has always been considered something that is transmitted either through oral or aerosol exposure,» said lead study author Kathleen Alexander, DVM, PhD, professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.

These oil shales formed at the bottom of ancient Lake Messel and preserve the remains of mammals, birds, and other animals that were living near what is now Darmstadt, Germany about 47 million years ago (the Eocene epoch).

MEACHEM: We would really love to discover some more mammal fossils down there and what we're really hoping to get out of these mammal fossils is some good ancient DNA, that will tell us about the conditions that these animals lived in and how DNA or genes changed with climate.

There's only so much palaeontologists can learn about prehistoric animals from fossilized bones, so on rare occasions when ancient soft tissues turn up, it's worth taking note.

Viruses that store their information in RNA - genetic material that is the middle - man between our genes and the proteins they code for - evolved alongside the backboned - animals the viruses infect, according to internationals scientists, including Read more about Ancient origins of viruses discovered - Scimex

January 7, 2016 Scientists find ancient mutation that contributed to the evolution of multicellular animals A single chance mutation about a billion years ago caused an ancient protein to evolve a new function essential for multicellularity in animals, according to new research co-led by a University of Chicago scientist.

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Behind each asana and its corresponding movements is an ancient story about a god, sage, or sacred animal, much like Aesop's fables or European folktales.

We've all heard stories about the distances some pets have travelled to be reunited with their beloved masters, but there are also some ancient tales where animals have done the extraordinary to stay with their owners, even beyond life itself.

During the Highlights of Grand Cayman Accessible Driving Tour you'll visit the Cayman Turtle Farm where you'll learn about the most ancient animals in the world.

You'll visit the Cayman Turtle Farm where you'll learn about the most ancient animals in the world.

The next day is spent at the Living Museum of the Ju / «Hoansi - San, a fascinating tribute to Namibia's oldest inhabitants - the Bushmen - and your chance to learn about their ancient culture as well as how to make fire, track animals and forage for food in a deceptively fertile landscape.

While there may be some entry - level positions that want to know more about potential job candidates, your cover letter isn't the place to give a dissertation on that advanced algebra course or your degree in ancient European animal migration.