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African lions under same threats as extinct sabre-toothed tigers faced
African lions are under the same threats extinct sabre-toothed tigers faced. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
South African cave yields yet more fossils of a newfound relative
Probing deeper into the South African cave system known as Rising Star, which last year yielded the largest cache of hominin fossils known to science, an international team of researchers has discovered another chamber with more remains of a newfound … Continue reading
‘Last African dinosaur’ discovered in Moroccan mine
One of the last dinosaurs living in Africa before their extinction 66 million years ago has been discovered in a phosphate mine in northern Morocco. A study of the fossil suggests that following the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana in … Continue reading
African clawed frog genome contains two full sets of chromosomes from 2 two extinct ancestors
Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to whole genome duplication. Such is the curious case of the … Continue reading
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Hundreds of ancient human footprints have been discovered near an African volcano
The huge collection of footprints was discovered on mudflats on the southern shore of Lake Natron in the village of Engare Sero in northern Tanzania. No other site in Africa has as many homo sapien footprints A massive set of … Continue reading
Browsing antelope turned ancient African forests into grassy savanna ecosystems
Millions of years ago, Africa’s savannas were covered with thick, ancient forests, which disappeared and turned into the grassy ecosystems that they are today. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology
Genetics of African KhoeSan populations maps to Kalahari Desert geography
Geography and ecology are key factors that have influenced the genetic makeup of human groups in southern Africa, according to new research discussed in the journal GENETICS, a publication of the Genetics Society of America. By investigating the ancestries of … Continue reading
Lucy had neighbors: A review of African fossils
If ‘Lucy’ wasn’t alone, who else was in her neighborhood? Key fossil discoveries over the last few decades in Africa indicate that multiple early human ancestor species lived at the same time more than 3 million years ago. A new … Continue reading
African cave’s ancient ochre lab
Find suggests that Stone Age sophistication extends further back than thought. NatureNews – Evolution and palaeontology- nature.com science feeds
African essences against the Tiger mosquito
(ANSA) – PISA, 6 may – the essences of three plants of North African origin, cilantro, Aleppo and route the Hyptis suaveolens, lamiacea are an excellent repellent for Asian Tiger mosquito. It is the result of a study coordinated by … Continue reading