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Human Outer Ears May Have Evolved from Ancient Fish Gills, Study Finds
Human outer ears may have evolved from the cartilage in ancient fish gills, according to recent research. Gene-editing experiments demonstrated a genetic link between fish gills and mammalian ears, with findings suggesting this transformation dates back millions of years. Researchers tested genetic enhancers in zebrafish, mice, and lizards, uncover...
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Mysterious 4,000-Year-Old Fishing Canals Unearthed In Belize
The research used 26 radiocarbon dates from test excavation sites in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS) the largest inland wetland in Belize.
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Primitive Humans in Scandinavia Used Boats Made Up of Animal Skins in 3500 BC, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that people from the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) in ancient Scandinavia likely built boats from animal skins, possibly seal hides, to fish, hunt, and trade. The PWC was a Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers who lived between 3500 and 2300 B.C. in regions near the Baltic and North Seas.
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Researchers Find Bizarre Creatures At The Bottom Of Ocean: Here Are Some Of Them
Researchers on their 13,000-kilometer voyage uncovered ancient sea mountains, volcanic cones, canyons and ridges.
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Megalodon Thrashed An Ancient Whale, Newly-Discovered Fossil Shows
Megalodon is considered to be the largest shark that ever existed, and one of the largest fish on record.
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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An Ancient Chinese Fishing Community Washes Ashore
Along southern China's snaking rivers, an ancient fishing community that once lived and worked exclusively on the water has been finding its way to land
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MH370 Search Data Unveils Fishing Hotspots, Ancient Geological Movements
Detailed sea-floor maps made during the unsuccessful search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, released by Australia on Wednesday, could help increase the knowledge of rich fisheries and the prehistoric movement of the earth's southern continents.
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Gigantic, Ancient Armoured 'B Rex' Fish Discovered
Move over, T rex! Scientists have discovered B rex - a 370 million-year-old species of giant fish with external, bony armoured plates covering their head, shoulders and front fins.
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Scientists Looking At Whether This Fish Is A Key Puzzle Piece To Evolutionary Transition
The fossils were found in a tangle in the 365-million-year-old Greenland rock: 20 sets of floppy limbs and fish tails thrown together by an ancient catastrophe. Paleontologists said the creatures, called Acanthostegas, were swept out of their underwater homes by a flood, then perished in a subsequent drought - though they had legs, the animals hadn...
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Can Fish 'Prasadam' Really be a Cure to Asthma?
Members of Bathini Goud family administering a fish stuffed with a herbal paste to asthma patients, a controversial alleged cure.
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Scientists Discover One Of The First Fish To Crawl Onto Land, An Ancient Ancestor
Meet Qingmendous. He's half a foot long, 409 million years old and fierce as they come. Huge, squiggly teeth protrude from his lower lip, and powerful, muscle-bound fins allow him to sluice through the brackish water of a prehistoric lagoon. When he's hungry, he lies in wait for creatures that are as much as half his size and ambushes them. His jag...
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The Sicilian Fish Made To Suit Your Style
One of the most beautiful cities in Sicily is Syracuse, which has a history extending to the ancient Greeks. There is a method of cooking in Syracuse, especially applied to Sicilian fish, but other foods as well, that makes for beguiling dishes.
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Straight from a Koli Kitchen: One of Mumbai's Oldest Communities
Everyone knows that the Koli fisher-folk were one of the most ancient inhabitants of Mumbai.
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Jaw-inspiring: Ancient fish was pivotal in evolution of face, researchers find
Let's face it. It's easy to take for granted that mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish - vertebrates just like people - have a face. But it has not always been the case.
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Human Outer Ears May Have Evolved from Ancient Fish Gills, Study Finds
Human outer ears may have evolved from the cartilage in ancient fish gills, according to recent research. Gene-editing experiments demonstrated a genetic link between fish gills and mammalian ears, with findings suggesting this transformation dates back millions of years. Researchers tested genetic enhancers in zebrafish, mice, and lizards, uncover...
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Mysterious 4,000-Year-Old Fishing Canals Unearthed In Belize
The research used 26 radiocarbon dates from test excavation sites in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS) the largest inland wetland in Belize.
-
Primitive Humans in Scandinavia Used Boats Made Up of Animal Skins in 3500 BC, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that people from the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) in ancient Scandinavia likely built boats from animal skins, possibly seal hides, to fish, hunt, and trade. The PWC was a Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers who lived between 3500 and 2300 B.C. in regions near the Baltic and North Seas.
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Researchers Find Bizarre Creatures At The Bottom Of Ocean: Here Are Some Of Them
Researchers on their 13,000-kilometer voyage uncovered ancient sea mountains, volcanic cones, canyons and ridges.
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Megalodon Thrashed An Ancient Whale, Newly-Discovered Fossil Shows
Megalodon is considered to be the largest shark that ever existed, and one of the largest fish on record.
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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An Ancient Chinese Fishing Community Washes Ashore
Along southern China's snaking rivers, an ancient fishing community that once lived and worked exclusively on the water has been finding its way to land
-
MH370 Search Data Unveils Fishing Hotspots, Ancient Geological Movements
Detailed sea-floor maps made during the unsuccessful search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, released by Australia on Wednesday, could help increase the knowledge of rich fisheries and the prehistoric movement of the earth's southern continents.
-
Gigantic, Ancient Armoured 'B Rex' Fish Discovered
Move over, T rex! Scientists have discovered B rex - a 370 million-year-old species of giant fish with external, bony armoured plates covering their head, shoulders and front fins.
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Scientists Looking At Whether This Fish Is A Key Puzzle Piece To Evolutionary Transition
The fossils were found in a tangle in the 365-million-year-old Greenland rock: 20 sets of floppy limbs and fish tails thrown together by an ancient catastrophe. Paleontologists said the creatures, called Acanthostegas, were swept out of their underwater homes by a flood, then perished in a subsequent drought - though they had legs, the animals hadn...
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Can Fish 'Prasadam' Really be a Cure to Asthma?
Members of Bathini Goud family administering a fish stuffed with a herbal paste to asthma patients, a controversial alleged cure.
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Scientists Discover One Of The First Fish To Crawl Onto Land, An Ancient Ancestor
Meet Qingmendous. He's half a foot long, 409 million years old and fierce as they come. Huge, squiggly teeth protrude from his lower lip, and powerful, muscle-bound fins allow him to sluice through the brackish water of a prehistoric lagoon. When he's hungry, he lies in wait for creatures that are as much as half his size and ambushes them. His jag...
-
The Sicilian Fish Made To Suit Your Style
One of the most beautiful cities in Sicily is Syracuse, which has a history extending to the ancient Greeks. There is a method of cooking in Syracuse, especially applied to Sicilian fish, but other foods as well, that makes for beguiling dishes.
-
Straight from a Koli Kitchen: One of Mumbai's Oldest Communities
Everyone knows that the Koli fisher-folk were one of the most ancient inhabitants of Mumbai.
-
Jaw-inspiring: Ancient fish was pivotal in evolution of face, researchers find
Let's face it. It's easy to take for granted that mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish - vertebrates just like people - have a face. But it has not always been the case.
