Genetic information from an 800,000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time. The results shed light on one of the branching points in the human family tree, reaching …read more Source:: Science
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Jurassic crocodile discovery sheds light on reptiles’ family tree
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•A 150 million-year-old fossil has been identified as a previously unseen species of ancient crocodile that developed a tail fin and paddle-like limbs for life in the sea. …read more Source:: Science
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
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•Paleontologists have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders of the ocean. The 100-million-year-old fossil helps answer questions about when these ancient, jawless fish …read more Source:: Science
Enigmatic African fossils rewrite story of when lemurs got to Madagascar
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•Research reveals that a 20-million-year-old African fossil, long thought to be a bat, actually represents one of the earliest branches of the lemur family tree. The reassessment challenges a long-held …read more Source:: Science
Jurassic fossil tail tells of missing link in crocodile family tree
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•A 180-million-year-old fossil has shed light on how some ancient crocodiles evolved into dolphin-like animals. …read more Source:: Science
Crowdsourced family tree yields new insights about humanity
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•Researchers have amassed a family tree of 13 million people to trace the last 500 years of Western marriage and migration patterns. They also show that the genetic basis of …read more Source:: Science
Surprising new study redraws family tree of domesticated and ‘wild’ horses
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•New research overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski’s horses, native to the Eurasian steppes, are the last wild horse species on Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
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•New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000 years ago — ranging across Eurasia before it went extinct — is more closely related …read more Source:: Science