Sentences with phrase «wild ancestors likely»

Not exact matches

Both paths — scientists are still debating which was more likely for different animals — led to the creation of domesticated species or subspecies genetically distinct from their wild ancestors.

In the wild, Wolbachia inserts can be found in fruit flies from Hawaii, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, most likely due to a shared ancestor colonized long ago.

«It seems likely that these parasites co-evolved with African apes, suggesting that the ancestors of bonobos were infected, and implying that most wild - living communities of bonobos have somehow lost their malaria parasites,» said coauthor Paul Sharp, PhD, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Edinburgh.

So like our true paleo ancestors the best approach in today's world is likely a plant based diet with small servings of wild seafood and / or grass fed bison or game meat that is very close in composition to the animals that true paleos ate versus the fat and pesticide laden, nutrient - deficient, modern livestock meat and farmed seafood.

It is more likely an instinctual activity passed down from dog and cat ancestors in the wild that suffered far more than today's pets with intestinal parasites.

The researchers are concerned, too, about the wild ancestor of Coffea arabica, so they identified those stretches of forest that would, if climate change becomes severe, be more likely to act as «refuges» for the crop's natural ancestor.