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 ...

This species is estimated to be over a billion years old, making it older than the world's most ancient animals. Researchers ...

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 ...

lead author and postdoc at the DNRF Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), Department of Biology, ...

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 ...

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

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

A study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution sheds light on the innovative practices of Central Europe's early cheese ...

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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 ...