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Stop Hoarding Ancient Bones, Plead Archaeologists

lundi 14 août 2017 par Ewen Callaway, Nature — The Sciences, Evolution

Scientists call for wider access to rare samples rich in DNA -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Family Meal? Ancestral Humans May Have Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism

vendredi 11 août 2017 par Leslie Nemo — The Sciences, Evolution

Patterns carved in an arm bone could mean the gruesome practice held some ceremonial value for Paleolithic people -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Liked

jeudi 10 août 2017 par Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience — The Sciences, Evolution

The 13-million-year-old infant skull may have resembled a baby gibbon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

No Bull: Lizards Flee When They See Red

mercredi 9 août 2017 par Christopher Intagliata — Sustainability, Conservation, Environment, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Exploring the Mysterious Life of One of Earth's First Giant Organisms

mardi 8 août 2017 par Annie Sneed — Advances, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Strange creatures known as “rangeomorphs” could help paleontologists understand the origins of animal life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Meet Neo, a Spectacular New Fossil of Homo naledi

lundi 7 août 2017 par Kate Wong — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

A remarkably complete skeleton and, at last, an age for mysterious Homo naledi -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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J.Lo and Other Araripemydid Pleurodires

samedi 5 août 2017 par Darren Naish — The Sciences, Evolution

A story of arrow-shaped ungual bones, hind foot paddles and the diversity of pleurodires past... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Cold Snap Shapes Lizard Survivors

jeudi 3 août 2017 par Christopher Intagliata — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards—an example of natural selection in action. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Well-Preserved Armored Fossil Reveals Cretaceous Camouflage

jeudi 3 août 2017 par Andrew Golden — The Sciences, Evolution

The Cretaceous Period was a dangerous time for many animals, even for the “dinosaur equivalent of a tank.” Watch how researchers analyzed the pristine remains of a heavily armored... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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