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How to investigate your inner fish!
Posted Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWhen fish gave rise to our land-based ancestors, some of the fish DNA was left behind as selection chose attributes that suited land best. Fortunately we can use the parts of the genome that remain to investigate change in all the land vertebrates.
How to investigate your inner fish!
Origins of turtle shells
Posted Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:07:48 GMT by Colin RickettsThe turtle is a fantastic design, unequalled among other vertebrates for its adaptable protective shell and its endurance through time. Here is a breakthrough paper that tells us just how the reptiles managed to produce such an endearing and successful creature.
Origins of turtle shells
Minoans and genes
Posted Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:15 GMT by JW DoweyOn Crete, people seem to stay. The Great Island reeks of really ancient culture and strange myths. So researchers decided to ask the ancients where they came from!
Minoans and genes
Thou old black worm, I spit fire on your ashes!
Posted Thu, 09 May 2013 08:48:44 GMT by Paul RobinsonOnly 23 words can be found truly as roots to most ancient Eurasian languages. These very old words however have been kept through natural selection because of their use in communication.
Thou old black worm, I spit fire on your ashes!
Ancestor of hummingbird and swift
Posted Thu, 02 May 2013 10:58:42 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe North American fossils of humming birds are rare compared to other continents. This fossil is early and provides lots of information relevant to swifts and humming birds.
Ancestor of hummingbird and swift
Turtle hatchlings as robots?
Posted Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:02:16 GMT by Dave ArmstrongTiny hatchlings' flippers have been mimicked (but not mocked!) by an advanced robot that discovers all about their locomotory progress. Long may they swim with those remarkable limbs.
Turtle hatchlings as robots?
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