The case of the neanderthals demonstrates a final hurdle in the standard practice of taxonomy and phylogeny: biology does not ... where finding any remnant of ancient species is rare, and finding ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

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However, in some exceptional cases, soft tissues such as muscles and gills survive the fossilization process and can present ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

Evidence even suggests that humans once bred with two other ancient hominins ... in a paper that biology's ongoing explosion of newly described species — what he dubbed "taxonomy anarchy ...

How long does it take? This 120 credit program is designed to be completed in four years. Students in the biology major take courses in related areas of science, such as chemistry and physics, as well ...