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Like Humans, These Animals Give Each Other Names
Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study.
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Extinct Walrus-like Mammal Discovered in Atlantics, Provides New Insights into Marine Evolution
Recent findings have unveiled Ontocetus posti, an extinct walrus-like mammal that lived 2.2 million years ago. Led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville from the University of Tsukuba, this discovery, made from fossils found in Norwich, UK, and Antwerp, Belgium, provides fresh insights into the evolutionary history of walruses. Initially misidentified, the foss...
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What Came First - Chicken Or Egg? Scientists Claim To Have Cracked The Puzzle
The study showed that all the branches of Amniota, including mammals, show signs of retaining embryos within their bodies for extended periods of time.
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Global Warming Triggered Reptile Boom Millions of Years Ago: Says Study
A new study indicates that global warming, rather than mass extinction was behind a boom in reptile population and diversity. Researchers, from the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, have revealed that the evolution of reptiles began much earlier than previously thought.
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Mammals Were Almost Wiped Out With The Dinosaurs
Over 90 per cent of mammal species were wiped out by the same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, significantly more than previously thought, according to a new study.
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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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Like Humans, These Animals Give Each Other Names
Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study.
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Extinct Walrus-like Mammal Discovered in Atlantics, Provides New Insights into Marine Evolution
Recent findings have unveiled Ontocetus posti, an extinct walrus-like mammal that lived 2.2 million years ago. Led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville from the University of Tsukuba, this discovery, made from fossils found in Norwich, UK, and Antwerp, Belgium, provides fresh insights into the evolutionary history of walruses. Initially misidentified, the foss...
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What Came First - Chicken Or Egg? Scientists Claim To Have Cracked The Puzzle
The study showed that all the branches of Amniota, including mammals, show signs of retaining embryos within their bodies for extended periods of time.
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Global Warming Triggered Reptile Boom Millions of Years Ago: Says Study
A new study indicates that global warming, rather than mass extinction was behind a boom in reptile population and diversity. Researchers, from the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, have revealed that the evolution of reptiles began much earlier than previously thought.
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Mammals Were Almost Wiped Out With The Dinosaurs
Over 90 per cent of mammal species were wiped out by the same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, significantly more than previously thought, according to a new study.
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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.
