Mammoths and mastodons were the largest land-based animals to have walked the surface of the Earth some 13,000 years ago. In spite of dominating the landscape, their ultimate faith has remained somewhat of a mystery to researchers, who still cannot find any reasons why these huge, adapted mammals might have disappear... |
20 November 2009
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In an international research effort, featuring scientists from four institutes, experts analyzed the fossilized remains of a mammoth that was discovered as low as 37°N latitude, which is far away from the higher northern latitudes where these beasts were thought to exist. Generally, when people think of mammoths,... |
10 July 2009
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According to a new scientific study, published in the latest issue of the Geological Journal, the woolly mammoth persisted in the territory that is now the United Kingdom 6,000 years longer than first estimated. The new research, which analyzed several fossils found in Shropshire in 1986, determined that the large be... |
18 June 2009
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A South Korean cloning expert has recently announced that a new scientific study will have two cloned wolves mate, in order to test if they can bring to life viable offspring. This type of experiment is unprecedented in the history of cloning, and will most likely shed some light on the way modified genetic factors b... |
19 February 2009
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The La Brea Tar Pits, one of the most famous places in the world for archaeological digs, is, these days, again home to one of the most important discoveries of the year – an important cache of Ice Age fossils, which will undoubtedly keep scientists occupied for a long period of time. The site is located in Los... |
18 February 2009
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Researchers from the Center of Food Technology and Research of Aragon, in Spain, led by Dr Jose Folch, have managed to successfully clone an extinct subspecies of the Spanish Ibex, namely the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), also known as the bucardo. The animal went extinct in 2000, when the last known exe... |
2 February 2009
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New research, published recently in the journal Science, seems to point at the fact that saber tooths, mammoths, giant sloths and camels, as well as the Clovis culture, were driven into extinction by a 1,300 year-long cold spell, triggered by numerous comet impacts in 6 states across the northern US and several in so... |
5 January 2009
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