Sentences with phrase «more ancient animals»

Fossils of two more ancient animals were found under Crenshaw Boulevard.

«As the poles are thought to harbor ecosystems like those from millions of years ago, our data suggest that more ancient animals were slow - growing,» Moss says.

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There's no ancient Hebrew word for «trichinosis», but someone noticed that people get sick more often from «unclean» animals.

What was at stake here was even more than a humanitarian principle, because the animals were also mentioned (surely a concern not common to other peoples in the ancient Near East; cf. Deut.

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Many basilosaurids were probably active hunters, similar to modern orcas, with mouths that were suited for biting and attacking, but Mystacodon has a mouth more suited for sucking in smaller animals, leading the researchers to conclude that Mystacodon most likely represents an intermediate step between raptorial and filter feeding and between the ancient basilosaurids and modern mysticetes.

Although the era Secord and his colleagues studied experienced a similar increase in temperatures (five degrees Celsius or more) as is predicted for us for the near future (four degrees C), he points out the ancient animals had tens of thousands of years to adapt to changing temperatures — rather than just centuries.

Microscopic fossil burrows found in ancient rocks reveal that small worm - like animals existed more than half a billion years ago

More than 500 footprints of ancient horses, rhinos, birds and other animals dotted the area around the hominid tracks.

«We expect to find fossils of animals that have persisted from more ancient times, and I'm hopeful we will one day find the ancestral type of both the mandibulate and chelicerate nervous system ground patterns.

It is very difficult to track ancient demographic history of animals, even more when there are no fossil records to guide the work.

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

Ancient bones from many animals lying in a big jumble are more easily put in context than you might think.

A characteristic of ctenophores is that they have the longest cilia and rely more heavily on these ancient organelles than any other animal.

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.

Reconstruction of a fossilized, sponge - like animal found in a 650 - million - year - old stromatolite (bacterial - mat structure) from the remains of ancient ocean reefs in Trezona Bore, West Central Flinders, South Australia (more).

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

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.

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.

Likewise all animals share specific antiviral defence factors such as MDA5 - like RNA helicases, and interferon regulatory factor - like proteins, although other systems (for example, RNAi) have more ancient origins39.

The first results suggested that the skull and jaw material, unlike the fossil animal bones from the site, were not very ancient, which made it seem even more puzzling.

I don't idealize the ancient diet, because we can't really fully know it, but realistically I'd have to guess that besides plants (and bugs), like someone else mentioned, it probably included whatever else was easy to procure, (considering it wouldn't make sense to expend more calories hunting down food than you would receive from consuming it) like mussels, clams, crabs, snails, some fish, maybe small animals, but I bet the taste for meat came from observing REAL carnivores consuming flesh, and maybe leaving carcasses behind.

The film creates its own, more politically evolved version of Kipling's literary ecosystem, with its ancient animal beliefs and practices, such as predators and prey declaring a «water truce» during a drought so that they can all drink unmolested from a parched watering hole.

Using Feng Shui principles to allow any of us or our companion animals to live a more harmonious and natural existence is inherent in this ancient health system.

A true paradise for anyone who loves the outdoors, Belize gives visitors a chance to swim with marine life on the reefs, hike through national parks and reserves to see animals like jaguars and pumas, and climb to the top of ancient Maya city states that once dominated this region for more than 2,000 years.

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The ancient species had numbered more than a million a century ago and — in a crash similar to that of the American bison in the 19th century — was reduced to a few tens of thousands of animals at its nadir.

Agricultural land increase, Africa devastated, African aid threatened, Africa hit hardest, air pressure changes, Alaska reshaped, allergies increase, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, anxiety, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic lakes disappear, asthma, Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty...

While some may debate the ethical issues of wearing dead animals, Loucks» intention comes from a place of «no waste» and respect that may be more in line with ancient hunting cultures which uses all parts of the animal:

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.