Sentences with phrase «between ancient birds»
A team of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh (UK) and including Swarthmore College Associate Professor of Statistics Steve C. Wang, examined the evolutionary links between ancient birds and their closest dinosaur relatives.
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«It shows that the relationship between ticks and birds is an ancient one: It was present in the ancestors of both lineages.»
However, similarities in the brain shape between the ancient species and diving birds living today suggest that diving behavior may be associated with certain anatomical structures in the brain.
Habib's presentation, along with others exploring what ancient birds could and could not do, has sparked intense interest in variations between the anatomies of modern birds that display different behaviors.
For a century and a half, the 150 - million - year - old feathered creature called Archaeopteryx has reigned as the earliest known bird and as a symbol of the link between ancient dinosaurs and living fowl.
Scientists say the discovery gives a peek into the lives of the ancient, long - extinct birds that lived between 250 and 66 million years ago.
He has particular interests in (1) the use of ancient DNA methods to document changes in genetic variation through time and phylogenetic relationships of extinct or endangered organisms (especially of the recently extinct Hawaiian avifauna); (2) the use of highly variable genetic markers to measure genetic structure and relatedness, and to ascertain mating systems, in natural populations, and (3) the use of genetics to study the evolutionary interactions between hosts, vectors and infectious disease organisms (e.g., major projects on introduced avian malaria in native Hawaiian birds and invasive chytrid fungus in amphibians).
Trekkers can choose between jungle, lakes, mountains or coast; water - lovers can swoosh down rapids, snorkel, swim or dive; bird - watchers can take their pick of the natural parks while history - lovers can potter around colonial cities or ancient Mayan ruins.