In a recent work, Harvard University researcher Scott Edwards and his colleagues sequenced ancient DNA and compared it to a high-quality genome of the related emu to reconstruct both the full nucle...
Nine species of the now-extinct moa of New Zealand are thought to have disappeared as a result of land-use changes and human exploitation when Polynesian settlers ahhived in the 13th century CE. Ge...
Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropods The discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hi...
Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsThe discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hist...
05-29 / 2024Research Highlights - Reconstructed the genome of extinct Little Bush MoaIn a recent work, Harvard University researcher Scott Edwards and his colleagues sequenced ancient DNA and compared it to a high-quality genome of the related emu to reconstruct both the full nucle... Nine species of the now-extinct moa of New Zealand are thought to have disappeared as a result of land-use changes and human exploitation when Polynesian settlers ahhived in the 13th century CE. Ge...
12-22 / 2021Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsDinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin... Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
12-20 / 2021Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsKylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropods The discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hi... Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsThe discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hist...