Sentences with phrase «by ancient animals»

They also discovered several new dinosaur trackways, which are fossilized impressions left by ancient animals walking through mud that eventually became rock.

Hannibal's famous Alps crossing revealed by ancient animal poop — Grennan Milliken — PopSci — April 2016

Not exact matches

There is some controversy surrounding the scientific rationale of eating like our ancient ancestors — i.e., animal proteins and plants, the kinds of foods and that would be amassed by a hunter - gatherer society.

The ancient claim that man is by nature a political animal and must in and through the exercise and practice of virtue learned in communities achieve a form of local and communal self - limitation — a condition properly understood as liberty — can not be denied forever without cost.

.22 He was alluding to the ancient custom by which a solemn agreement or undertaking was validated by the sacrifice of an animal.

Ranging from obscure baby names influenced by TV or geography, or some more unusual baby names inspired by design, ancient history, animals and planets we've got a grand collection of names to spark inspiration.

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.

This ancient theory, recounted by Pliny the Elder, is one of the many bizarre early attempts to explain one of life's greatest mysteries — how a nearly uniform egg cell develops into an animal with dozens of types of cells, each in its proper place.

In 2010, a team of anthropologists claimed that cutmarks on a pair of 3.4 - million - year - old animal bones found in an area of the Afar region known as Dikika were made by ancient stone - tool butchery.

Studies of those ancient Namibian reefs suggest that animals were indeed starting to fall prey to predators by the end of the Ediacaran.

Placement of the Americas dogs in their own graves indicates that these animals were held in high regard by ancient people.

By comparing ancient and modern DNA from a domesticated animal as well as its nearest wild relatives, researchers can identify when specific genetic mutations associated with domestication arose.

In North America, the Ice Age was marked by the mass extinction of several dozen genera of large mammals, including mammoths, mastodons, American horses, Western camels, two types of deer, ancient bison, giant beaver, giant bears, sabre - toothed cats, giant bears, American cheetahs, and many other animals, as well as plants.

I have always been fascinated by biology in general, but more specifically ancient animals and plants.

Read previous Zoologger columns: How weakness makes the crayfish stronger, The heaviest animal in the air, Ancient air - breathing, triple - jawed fish, Horror fly returns from the dead, Even parasitic worms have a divided society, Shrimp plays chicken with its sex change, Death by world's longest animal, Live birth, evolving before our eyes, Sympathy for the piranha, The world's most fecund vertebrate.

Every layer suggested a change in vegetation as well as moisture, the kinds of other animals that were around, and the survival challenges faced by our ancient predecessors.

Read previous Zoologger columns: Ancient air - breathing, triple - jawed fish, Horror fly returns from the dead, Even parasitic worms have a divided society, Shrimp plays chicken with its sex change, Death by world's longest animal, Live birth, evolving before our eyes, Sympathy for the piranha, The world's most fecund vertebrate, Whale - eater's helpful sulphur - powered guests, Horror lizard squirts tears of blood.

A team of researchers has validated data and found a new model for paleontologists to use to track the diet of our ancient ancestors and animals by analyzing the wear on their teeth.

© Drawing by Joseph Smit, from «Extinct Monsters; a Popular Account of Some of the Larger Forms of Ancient Animal Life»

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.

By comparing the V. carteri germ and somatic cell transcriptomes, Matt and Umen found that the somatic cells had more transcripts from young, lineage - specific genes, whereas the germ cells had more transcripts from ancient genes that are similar to those expressed in stem cells from animals and land plants.

One strong hint that bacteria may have prompted that ancient transition to multicellularity is that many of today's simplest animals are governed by microbial messages.

These ancient fish may have been among the earliest animals to evolve more complex, camera - like eyes as opposed to the strictly photosensitive vision possessed by more primitive species.

For example, the insulin receptor substrate and phosphotyrosine binding proteins GAB1 / GAB2 emerged on the metazoan stem after the divergence of choanoflagellates, indicating that an insulin - signalling - like pathway may have been a key regulator of growth in early animals by tying into the ancient PDK1 and Akt kinases (Fig. 2b).

Barley was used by ancient civilizations as a food for humans and animals, as well as to make alcoholic beverages; the first known recipe for barley wine dates back to 2800 BC in Babylonia.

The raspberry seeds were probably carried by travelers or animals that crossed and migrated to the Bering Strait (south of the Arctic Circle) during ancient times.

Wolfen is not a werewolf movie by strict definition but it delves into American Indian lore involving shapeshifters and ancient animal spirits as well as urban legends of an underground culture of wolves who hunt in the cities.

People and animals can live in harmony if we behave with kindness and mercy while showing reverence for the ancients of other species, like the elephants that Bagheera credits with creating the rain forest and directing the flow of water by digging canals with their hooves and tusks.

Jumanji is now a video game from the ancient Super Nintendo era, magically sucking in four classic teen movie stereotypes and transforming them all into avatars played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black, then forcing them to contend with rampaging jungle animals.

Through animal communication, animal Reiki and the ancient art of map dowsing we have been able to help pet families reunite by solving behavior issues, help pets resolve other circumstances in their lives and comfort pet pet parents under one of the most stressful times of their lives.

The first five ingredients (which are required by law to be sorted by how the amounts of each contained in the food) of their Classic Real Lamb and Green Peas with Ancient Grains variety of dog food are deboned lamb, lamb meal (which are the bones of the animal crushed into a fine powder — a vital ingredient in dog food), peas, brown rice, and barley.

Bradley Viner said: «With this joint event I wanted to bring together a mix of historical and medical perspectives, and generate new insights into how an evolving veterinary profession has strengthened a longstanding bond between people and cats, an animal that was once worshipped by the ancient Egyptians and is now one of the most popular pets in the UK.

The specific acupuncture points have been well charted for both humans and animals, and were conceptualized by ancient Chinese scholars to be connected with each other and various internal organs via meridians or channels.

NAIA cherishes the human - animal bond, believing that people and animals are bound together by natural law in an ancient relationship that benefits both.

Ancient explorers noted that migratory birds and other animals were guided by something powerful but it wasn't until global navigation and earth mapping became possible that scientists could «see» the magnetic fields marking the earth's surface.

Also, dealing with Graziella Boucher, a tiny ancient tyrant» who headed the local Animal Defenders League and from 1964 to 1979 frequently clashed with Multnomah County law enforcement agencies, first over the use of pepper spray by mail carriers to deter aggressive dogs, later flamboyantly accusing a police officer of abusing his dog.

Besides being home to a horde of grey long tailed macaques, deep inside this cool nutmeg forest are a collection of ancient and mysterious temples, «guarded» by the furry animals, and which are revered by the local Ubud village community of Padangtegal.

Instead, the bodies of the deceased are wrapped and brought by boat to the designated village graveyard and laid out on the ground around a large ancient fragrant tree and covered by a wooden cage to protect the remains from scavenging animals.

Winter's End An action oriented level set amongst icy hills blanketed in snow, pierced by stone tablets, carvings of animal totems and ancient symbols.

My Time at Portia features gameplay elements inspired by the likes of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, and the Animal Crossing series mixed with Dark Cloud 2 and Steambot Chronicles, while creating its own unique world set in the lush backdrop of what remains of an ancient civilization.

Technology is an ancient and forbidden thing, yet we live side by side with machines that act and look like the animals of the Earth before everything went to hell.

If Houseago's works resonate, it is because they encompass a wide range of influences: the formal language of sculpture throughout the ages (from ancient to early modern), mythology, the natural world of plants and animals, African tribal art, cartoon imagery and contemporary music and culture (the title of the exhibition contains a fragment from the lyrics of «Wild Child» by Lou Reed and a reference to James Taylor's «Like A Circle Round the Sun»).

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt is organized by Edward Bleiberg, Senior Curator, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art, and Yekaterina Barbash, Associate Curator of Egyptian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

In «Nudity» (2015), the artist emphasises the strangeness of these objects with the use of pale colours, but in a nature - friendly way, that is, by downgrading these civilian clothes into ancient forms made from animal furs or leather.

★ Anne Chu: «Rubric for the Eye» (closes on Saturday) In the past, Ms. Chu's rough - cut and painted figures of half - human animals, inspired by ancient Chinese tomb sculptures, have proposed an alternative version of nature.

We can determine the past climate of the Earth by mapping the distribution of ancient coals, desert deposits, tropical soils, salt deposits, glacial material, as well as the distribution of plants and animals that are sensitive to climate, such as alligators, palm trees & mangrove swamps.

But fittingly for an animal once revered by the ancient pharaohs as the diplomat god Thoth, the complicated and much - delayed transfer is a sign of improving ties between two countries that had tense relations in the 1980s and 1990s, but have recently boosted cooperation, including easing visa restrictions.