Take a short stroll to the beach to taste the beautiful blend of Reef and Rainforest, spot a Cassowary on the way, or simply unwind on the veranda and enjoy the breathtaking ocean views and
ancient species of the forest.
Einkorn, though
ancient species of wheat, has its own unique peculiarities in baking and bread.
I learned that all chocolate comes from the beans within the fruit pod of
an ancient species of tree called Theobroma Cacao.
Spelt, also known as dinkel wheat, or hulled wheat, is
an ancient species of wheat; it's much more nutritious and also much easier to digest than wheat.
The ancient species of baleen whale named Toipahautea waitaki lived in New Zealand when the region was an island archipelago.
A scrappy,
ancient species of wheat may help today's widely cultivated bread wheat fight the devastating fungus known as stem rust (shown growing on wheat stems).
A living relict of
an ancient species of farmer ants has startled biologists by cultivating a fancy, modern food crop that didn't arise until more than 30 million years after the ants themselves.
An ancient species of pint - sized humans discovered in the tropics of Indonesia may have met their demise earlier than once believed, according to an international team of scientists who reinvestigated the original finding.
Not exact matches
Just because the universe appears
ancient, doesn't mean than evolution had time to create the diversity
of species it says occurred.
The idea
of being sons
of God recalls the
ancient Semitic idiom used in the Old Testament to indicate belonging to a particular
species or group
of any kind (Ps 8:4; 90:3).
In 1850, in In Memoriam, Tennyson expressed perplexity about the
ancient earth and evolution, before On the Origin
of Species was published in 1859: «Are God and Nature then at strife, / That Nature lends such evil dreams?»
Whereas the
ancients simply had to obey the dictates
of their gods (as known within their traditions), we now find that, as a very important part
of nature ourselves, an increasing measure
of responsibility lies upon our
species for the future
of all planetary life.
«he list
of supposedly exstinct
ancient species on the link I sent you.
-- The list
of supposedly exstinct
ancient species on the link I sent you.
One
of the white fish I have started experimenting with recently are tilapia
species, going back to the pharaos
of ancient Egypt.
Spelt is a
species of wheat much more common in
ancient and medieval times but newly popular as some people look to explore older varieties
of common foodstuffs and others feel that health benefits may accrue from avoiding some varieties
of wheat in favor
of others.
Kamut Kamut is a trademark name for a
species of wheat that is an
ancient relative
of durum wheat.
Spelt is an
ancient grain, a
species of wheat that prevailed long before the hybrid version that we use today.
Kiwifruit Banana Spelt Cake Spelt is an
ancient grain, a
species of wheat that prevailed long before the hybrid version that we use today.
That's how large scientists believe the brain
of a newly discovered
species of an
ancient human relative was...
More than 100
species of chaetognaths are alive today, but evidence
of their
ancient relatives is spotty.
The Order Testudines includes both living and extinct
species, the earliest turtles being known from the early Triassic Period, making turtles one
of the oldest reptile groups, and a much more
ancient group than the lizards and snakes.
Researchers now report that a newly identified
species of ancient arrow worm was especially heavily armed.
As researchers recently sequenced the genomes
of more than a dozen
ancient members
of our
species, Homo sapiens, in Europe and Asia in rapid succession, they added a third genetic component: a «ghost» lineage
of nomads who blew into northeast Europe from the steppes
of western Asia 4000 to 5000 years ago.
But new analyses
of fish fossils, as well as genetic analyses
of a living fish
species, suggest that this specialized material once served a very different function: to toughen some bones and scales
of ancient fish.
The supposed
ancient butchers in question were members
of the same
species as the famed fossil Lucy: Australopithecus afarensis, a hominid that lived in Ethiopia's Afar region between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago.
By analyzing the fossils
of thousands
of ancient crustaceans, a team
of scientists led by NMNH paleontologist Gene Hunt has found that devoting a lot
of energy to the competition for mates may compromise
species» resilience to change and increase their risk
of extinction.
So much so, in fact, that its discoverers argue that the
ancient human family tree should be pruned
of many
of its
species, which may simply be different forms
of H. erectus.
A 13 - million - year - old skull found in Kenya provides the best evidence yet for the African origins
of the
ancient species that gave rise to all living apes
Even after we evolved the ability to use weapons and became predators ourselves, this
ancient brain circuit still offered a useful defense against members
of our own
species.
«Palaeothentid marsupials once included a diversity
of species that filled a variety
of roles in
ancient ecosystems.
A fossil found in Maryland was identified by a University
of Pennsylvania doctoral student as belonging to a new
species of ancient dog.
Even the most
ancient of the parrot
species they studied, the Kea
of New Zealand, has a shell structure — albeit rudimentary.
Using information from fossils, and the DNA
of living
species, we were able to further determine that at around 24 million years old, Palaeopotorous is not just primitive, but likely represents the most distant forerunner
of all known kangaroos, rat - kangaroos and their more
ancient ancestors,» said Dr den Boer.
«It's exciting evidence for a previously unrecognised
species within the
ancient lineage
of Amazon river dolphins,» says Scott Baker
of Oregon State University in Newport.
Furthermore, these
ancient butchers were not members
of our own genus, Homo, but the more primitive Australopithecus, specifically A. afarensis, the
species to which the celebrated Lucy fossil belongs.
In the new study, pollen grains
of a modern dwarf pine
species, considered an analog for the
ancient species, were similarly malformed under high levels
of ultraviolet - B radiation (bottom row).
In the new study, Pontzer and Kozma also calculated the range
of hip and leg extensions
of three
species of ancient hominins.
First, they showed that the new
species derives from the ancestors
of all known microsporidians and further, that the microsporidians derive from the most
ancient fungi; thus its exact place in the tree
of life has finally been found.
A new analysis
of a well - preserved skeleton
of a Neandertal child reveals that the
ancient human
species may have had an extended period
of brain growth compared to modern humans.
For years, Alter and her colleagues have meticulously reconstructed the history
of the
species using subfossils —
ancient bones that, unlike true fossils, are not yet fully mineralized and still contain minute traces
of DNA.
The idea
of God (or gods) also served in
ancient times as a way to apply the clan - centric cognition
of the human
species to the problem
of comprehending the dynamics
of the world.
These
ancient portraits
of what may have been the largest lions that ever existed, Panthera spelaea, tell us much about an extinct
species, and even more about our own.
Similar analyses
of fossils
of other members
of the same
ancient ecosystem may reveal that multiple
species participated in the
ancient migrations, scientists say.
Indeed, our analysis shows it to be a member
of the most
ancient cichlid lineage that contributed to the so - called East African Radiation, a spectacular burst
of diversification that has given rise to a huge variety
of species,» Reichenbacher explains.
Ironically, some
of the best DNA sources for extinct
species and
ancient humans are specimens nobody has tried to preserve.
«De-extinction probability increases with every improvement in
ancient DNA analysis,» said Stewart Brand, co-founder
of the nonprofit conservation group Revive and Restore, which aims to resurrect vanished
species including the passenger pigeon and the woolly mammoth, whose genomes have already been mostly pieced together.
Angielczyk, whose work focuses on
ancient mammal relatives, explained the importance
of finding new
species like Ichibengops.
«Fossil specimen reveals a new
species of ancient river dolphin.»
Many
of the
species Darwin discovered in the fossils were previously unknown to science, including several giant ground sloths, compact car — sized relatives
of armadillos called glyptodonts (SN Online: 2/22/16) and
ancient kin
of horses and elephants.