Sentences with phrase «ancient animals surviving»
They are also the most efficient swimmers ever studied, among the most ancient animals surviving on Earth today and some of the most toxic sea creatures (SN: 9/6/14, p. 16).
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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.
If their ancient predecessors somehow survived, but such animals as Triceratops and T. rex did not, maybe some form of environmental stress was acting disproportionately upon dinosaurs.
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.
Seems odd to think of ancient tropical plants and animals living where nothing can survive today.
A research published this week in the journal Nature reported that sexual selection in ancient animals determined which species will survive or go extinct.
have discovered a new kind of glycan — a type of sugar chain — that survives even in a 4 million - year - old animal fossil from Kenya, under conditions where ancient DNA does not.
A genetic analysis of modern and ancient Yakutian horses revealed the cold - weather animals rapidly evolved to survive extreme temperatures of eastern Siberia.
As John Durant, a founder of Paleo NYC and Barefoot Runners NYC, put it in his 2013 book, «The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health,» «other animals don't «exercise» so much as they either play or just do what is required to survive.