Bison overkill theory maybe debunked by DNA
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Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.
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A puffer fish genome sequence sheds light on human biology, and tells a twisted evolutionary story. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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It sounds like a stretch, but a new study suggests that the missing evolutionary link between whales and land animals is an odd raccoon-sized animal that looks like a long-tailed deer without antlers. Or an overgrown long-legged rat.
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CALGARY, Alberta -- A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America.
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Science & environment: The mysterious case of St Kilda's vanishing black sheep has been solved by geneticists
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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Like the woolly mammoth, a giant, prehistoric deer survived the last ice age, a new study shows. So what caused the Irish elk's eventual extinction?
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Darwin's "single-origin" theory gets a boost when scientists unlock the DNA of a Neanderthal skeleton.
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Increasing the activity of a single gene turns a mere rodent into Mighty Mouse, according to a new study. California scientists have genetically engineered an animal that has more muscle, less
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WORK by a British scientist may show that humans were not responsible for the bison almost becoming extinct in the 19th century, it was disclosed yesterday.
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Genetics pioneer Craig Venter has news from the frontiers of biology.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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Here&#39;s something to ponder when you eat your next chicken wing: A new study says about 60% of the genes in the critter you&#39;re eating have close cousins in your own DNA.
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Two high-profile murders of young women which took place more than 30 years ago have been linked by DNA evidence. Scotland Yard are hoping that the link could lead to the solving of the murders of a Playboy bunny and a schoolgirl.
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Thousands of years before white and Indian hunters drove the buffalo of America&#39;s Great Plains to virtual extinction, the ancestors of those lordly animals suffered a similar fate -- but it was major climate change, not hunting, that did them in, says an
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Prior to these experiments, protein was believed to hold our hereditary destiny. After Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, DNA steps up to the plate.
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Scientists show the genetic codes of individuals can vary hugely - far more than was previously thought.