Human expansion 1,000 years ago linked to Madagascar’s loss of large vertebrates
The island of Madagascar—one of the last large land masses colonized by humans—sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the ...
Tag: vertebrates
Dawn of fishes—early Silurian jawed vertebrates revealed head to tail
A newly discovered fossil "treasure hoard" dating back some 436 million years to the early Silurian period reveals, for the first ...
Rare fossil teeth from China overturn long-held views about evolution of vertebrates
An international team of researchers has discovered 439-million-year-old remains of a toothed fish that suggest the ancestors of modern osteichthyans ...
Study reveals yunnanozoans as the oldest known stem vertebrates
Scientists have long puzzled over the gap in the fossil record that would explain the evolution of invertebrates to vertebrates. ...
How did vertebrates first evolve jaws?
Five-hundred million years ago, it was relatively safe to go back in the water. That’s because creatures of the deep ...
Miniature frogs set record as the first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance
Amphibians are exceptionaly goo at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live ...
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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UK Scientists make major breakthrough in developing practical quantum computers that can solve big challenges of our time
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USC Stem Cell-led studies point the way to broadly effective treatments for ALS