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Shaking up the fish family tree: ‘Living fossil’ not as old as we thought
Polypterids are weird and puzzling African fish that have perplexed biologists since they were discovered during Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in the late 1700s. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
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 to today’s African forest elephant than the forest elephant is … Continue reading
New study shakes the roots of the dinosaur family tree
More than a century of theory about the evolutionary history of dinosaurs has been turned on its head following the publication of new research. The work suggests that the family groupings need to be rearranged, redefined and renamed and also … Continue reading
Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading
Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading
High-tech analysis of proto-mammal fossil clarifies the mammalian family tree
A new analysis of the jaw of one of the earliest known proto-mammals sheds light on efforts to accurately date the period when mammals first evolved and clarifies the mammalian family tree. The study suggests that the great explosion in … Continue reading
John XXIII, from northern farmers’ family to pope
P(by Manuela Tulli) (ANSA) – Rome, April 23 – As a child, Angelo Roncalli was poor but happy.BRThe future pontiff’s human and spiritual adventure started in a family of farmers in the northern town of Sotto il Monte near Bergamo … Continue reading
Family visits Dell’Utri, say he’s well
P(See related) (ANSA) – Beirut, April 14 – Ex-Senator Marcello Dell’Utri was visited by his wife and one of his three sons Monday in Beirut, where he is being held in custody after disappearing from Italy, and found he was … Continue reading
OECD warns that family income has dropped dramatically
IMG class=hide alt=”OECD warns that family income has dropped dramatically” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-e55434d05963a9ec9d34d2a5dde8fecf.jpg” (Updates previous) (ANSA) – Rome, March 18 – The average Italian family saw its income drop by 2,400 euros between 2007 and 2012 – more than double the eurozone … Continue reading
Italian family income down 2,400 euros annually, OECD says
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-2faa84b7e3fddf1254652b4e8c10c94d.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Italian family income down 2,400 euros annually, OECD says” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-2faa84b7e3fddf1254652b4e8c10c94d.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Paris, March 18 – The annual income of the average Italian family fell by 2,400 euros between 2007 and 2012, … Continue reading