A groundbreaking study is the first to analyze the relationship between group behaviors, group type, group dynamics, and kinship of beluga whales in 10 locations across the Arctic. Results show …read more Source:: Science
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Ancient teeth from Peru hint now-extinct monkeys crossed Atlantic from Africa
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•Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa. The teeth …read more Source:: Science
High temperatures due to global warming will be dramatic even for tardigrades
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•A research group has just shown that tardigrades are very vulnerable to long-term high temperature exposures. The tiny animals, in their desiccated state, are best known for their extraordinary tolerance …read more Source:: Science
New cancer-driving mutation in ‘dark matter’ of the cancer genome
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•A research group has discovered a novel cancer-driving mutation in the vast non-coding regions of the human cancer genome, also known as the ‘dark matter’ of human cancer DNA. …read more Source:: Science
Australian men’s life expectancy tops other men’s
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•Australian men are now living longer than any other group of males in the world, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Diarrhea-causing bacteria adapted to spread in hospitals
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•The gut-infecting bacterium Clostridium difficile is evolving into two separate species, with one group highly adapted to spread in hospitals, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
How whales defy the cancer odds: Good genes
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•Scientists have studied potential cancer suppression mechanisms in cetaceans, the mammalian group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Biologists picked apart the genome of the humpback whale, as well as …read more Source:: Science
Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind
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•Lifelong chemical records stored in the canine teeth of an elusive group of seals show that the seals remain in freshwater their entire lives and are likely a distinct population …read more Source:: Science
Rise of religion pre-dates Incas at Lake Titicaca
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•An ancient group of people made ritual offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years earlier than the Incas, according to …read more Source:: Science
Orangutans make complex economic decisions about tool use
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•Flexible tool use is closely associated to higher mental processes such as the ability to plan actions. Now a group of cognitive biologists and comparative psychologists found out that the …read more Source:: Science