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Entries from January 2008

Fish out of water

January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Adapted from Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin © 2008. Reprinted with permission by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Shubin, Chicago’s Robert R. (…)

Tags: General · Humans Evolution

City dinosaur not desert dweller

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Scientists continue to learn more about Thecodontosaurus
New research into the Bristol dinosaur Thecodontosaurus suggests it lived on subtropical islands around the city and not in a desert. (…)

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Flesh wound reveals dino secrets

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

A fossil unearthed in China has given scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like in the flesh. (…)

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Scientists discover molecular basis of monarch butterfly migration

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterflies has captivated the human imagination and spirit. (…)

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The eye as a contingent, diverse, complex product of evolutionary processes

January 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

PZ Myers wrote an excellent article on the evolution of the eye. Nice read.
 How different are animal eyes? (…)

Tags: General · Humans Evolution