Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe
Pecl, G. T. et al. Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Science 355,…
Sam Neill Inspired a Generation of Scientists
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who died at age 78 in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, had a…
Human in Israel Smashed in the Face With a Rock 100,000 Years Ago
Humankind in deep prehistory is often assumed to have been mild-mannered. Being nomadic, they could just pick up…
Prehistoric Transition: A Newly Revealed Cave in Israel May Reveal Secrets of Early Neanderthals
Much of Israel is semi-arid, but the cave recently revealed to the public on a stony hillside at…
Israeli study unlocks 4,000 years of climate change and human adaptation
Cylinders of ancient mud drilled from the Carmel Coast in northern Israel have revealed how ancient human societies…
‘Everywhere You Look … There Are Dinosaur Tracks’
Scientists in Bolivia have uncovered a record-breaking 18,000 dinosaur footprints and swim tracks, setting a new global…
Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor
O’Donnell, M., Langston, L. & Stillman, B. Principles and concepts of DNA replication in bacteria, archaea, and eukarya.…
A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation
Nesbitt, S. J. et al. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464, 95–98…
Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex
Fijarczyk, A. & Babik, W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol. Ecol. 24, 3529–3545 (2015).…
Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child From 140,000 Years Ago Found in Israel's Skhul Cave – Haaretz
Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child From 140,000 Years Ago Found in Israel’s Skhul Cave HaaretzHomo Sapiens procreated with Neanderthals 100,000 years…