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Dinosaurs and the evolution of breathing through bones

Dinosaurs' hyper-efficient breathing system also evolved in two other lineages. Enlarge / It takes careful study and the right kind of bones to determine how something like this breathed. (credit: Tito Aureliano et. al.).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaJul 26th, 2023

A key gene helps explain how the ability to glide has emerged over-and-over during marsupial evolution

People say "When pigs fly" to describe the impossible. But even if most mammals are landlubbers, the ability to glide or fly has evolved again and again during mammalian evolution, in species ranging from bats to flying squirrels. How did that come a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

Flat faces and difficulty breathing: How pet trends have harmed animal health—and what we can we do about it

Dogs come in all shapes and sizes. We've molded some of them to have large protruding eyes, sloping backs and shortened legs through selective breeding......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsApr 23rd, 2024

Advances in understanding the evolution of stomach loss in agastric fishes

Living beings can evolve to lose biological structures due to potential survival benefits from such losses. For example, certain groups of ray-finned fishes show such regressive evolution—medakas, minnows, puffera, and wrasses do not have a stomach.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 23rd, 2024

Same species, different sizes: Rare evolution in action spotted in island bats

A University of Melbourne researcher has spotted a rare evolutionary phenomenon happening rapidly in real time in bats living in the Solomon Islands......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 22nd, 2024

RNA"s hidden potential: New study unveils its role in early life and future bioengineering

The beginning of life on Earth and its evolution over billions of years continue to intrigue researchers worldwide. The central dogma or the directional flow of genetic information from a deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) template to a ribose nucleic ac.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

The largest marine reptile ever could match blue whales in size

Bones from the head of a reptile suggest a body that was well over 20 meters long. Enlarge (credit: Sergey Krasovskiy) Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length o.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Researchers realize hydrogen formation by contact electrification of water microdroplets and its regulation

Direct utilization of water as a source of hydrogen atoms and molecules is fundamental to the evolution of the ecosystem and industry. However, liquid water is an unfavorable electron donor for forming these hydrogen species due to its redox inertnes.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Researchers identify genetic variant that helped shape human skull base evolution

Humans, Homo sapiens, have unique features compared with other closely related hominin species and primates, including the shape of the base of the skull. The evolutionary changes underlying these features were significant in allowing the evolution o.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Paleontologists unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile

The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, UK. Experts have identified the bones as belonging to the jaws of a new species of enormous ichthyosaur, a type of prehisto.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

First evidence of human occupation in lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia

Recent strides in interdisciplinary archaeological research in Arabia have unveiled new insights into the evolution and historical development of regional human populations, as well as the dynamic patterns of cultural change, migration, and adaptatio.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Amazon butterflies show how new species can evolve from hybridization

If evolution was originally depicted as a tree, with different species branching off as new blooms, then new research shows how the branches may actually be more entangled. In "Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Evolution"s recipe book: How "copy paste" errors led to insect flight, octopus camouflage and human cognition

Seven hundred million years ago, a remarkable creature emerged for the first time. Though it may not have been much to look at by today's standards, the animal had a front and a back, a top and a bottom. This was a groundbreaking adaptation at the ti.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 15th, 2024

ShadowDragon Horizon enhancements help users conduct investigations from any device

ShadowDragon announced significant enhancements to its Open-Source Intelligence Investigative platform Horizon. These updates represent a milestone in the evolution of investigative technology, offering capabilities to streamline investigative proces.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsApr 15th, 2024

Apple Vision Pro black eyes, dinosaurs, and Apple"s mastery of logistics on the AppleInsider Podcast

It's not true that Apple Vision Pro will routinely give you black eyes, but maybe it is true that Apple could be doing more immersive video. Plus we have no iPads yet, but we think we know where they are.Dinosaurs on Apple Vision ProOne of your hosts.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsApr 12th, 2024

Apple Vision Pro Black eyes, dinosaurs, and Apple"s mastery of logistics on the AppleInsider Podcast

It's not true that Apple Vision Pro will routinely give you black eyes, but maybe it is true that Apple could be doing more immersive video. Plus we have no iPads yet, but we think we know where they are.Dinosaurs on Apple Vision ProOne of your hosts.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsApr 12th, 2024

Ivanti empowers IT and security teams with new solutions and enhancements

Ivanti released Ivanti Neurons for External Attack Surface management (EASM), which helps combat attack surface expansion with full visibility of external-facing assets and actionable intelligence on exposures. With the evolution of Everywhere Work c.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsApr 11th, 2024

The evolving attitudes of Gen X toward evolution

As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 10th, 2024

Fox bones found in ancient Argentinian burial site might have been from a human pet

A team of archaeologists, anthropologists and evolutionary specialists from Argentina, the U.K. and Germany has found possible evidence of a tamed fox living with a human hunter/gatherer companion, approximately 1,500 years ago in what is now Argenti.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 10th, 2024

Study shedding new light on Earth"s global carbon cycle could help assess liveability of other planets

Research has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth—and it could help assess which other planets can develop life, ranging from plants to animals and humans......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 10th, 2024

Mysterious bones may have belonged to gigantic ichthyosaurs

Several similar large, fossilized bone fragments have been discovered in various regions across Western and Central Europe since the 19th century. The animal group to which they belonged is still the subject of much debate to this day. A study carrie.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 10th, 2024