Sentences with phrase «most ancient lineage»

However, new research led by the University of Bristol has identified the cause of this «flip - flop» effect, and in doing so, has revealed sponges are the most ancient lineage.

So she and postdoc Joseph Lachance, along with a multinational team, sequenced the DNA of three hunter - gatherer groups living in Africa today: the Hadza and Sandawe from Tanzania and the Pygmies from Cameroon, some of the most ancient lineages in the world.

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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.

However, while most fish in the sea have bones, one ancient lineage — sharks, skates and rays — possess skeletons made entirely of cartilage.

One of the most famous «living fossils» and one of only a few venomous mammals, the Hispaniolan Solenodon is one of the last representatives of an ancient lineage of shrew like mammals that lived with dinosaurs from 76 million years ago.

The Dalmatian is most certainly a dog of very ancient lineage that has come through the centuries virtually unchanged.