Image: To visualize the history of life, showing the influence of new evolutionary events, a new chapter applies machine learning to the fossil record. This … shows the long-term evolution and ecological effects of the scenario More Credit: J. Hoyle Kuthil and Ann. Gutenberg. Charles Darwin’s landmark, On the origin …
Read More »Insect wings can develop from the feet of a crustacean
The first wings on Earth may have evolved from the feet of an ancient, flightless crustacean. Today, modern crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish are sometimes called sea bugs, and as part of the arthropod family – marked by strong body armor and split joints – the name makes no sense. …
Read More »Make Livy: ‘Certainly, Africa is where it all started’ | Science
More than 50 years British born Paleoanthropologist Make it leaky The fossils of our early ancestors in Kenya have remained untouched Basin of Turkey. Her discovery has changed how we think about our origins. Instead of human development to systematically ape, suggests its function Different pre-human species living together. Leakey’s …
Read More »Horses, rhinos evolved from exotic mammals in India: study
New Delhi: Horses like horses and rhinos evolved from exotic sheep-sized animals that looked like a cross between a pig and a dog and roamed in India about 55 million years ago, the researchers claim. Experts from Johns Hopkins University, who discovered mines in Gujarat, found the remains of a …
Read More »Meet diabolical ironclad beetles, which can avoid driving a car
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of a bug with a great name for the animal kingdom: the diabolical ironclad beetle. The most difficult natural exoskeleton that scientists have ever seen in Floyd’s Diabolics. According to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the insect’s armor is very durable, with few …
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