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almost 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

Ice Age dogs found trapped in the Siberian permafrost

The relationship between dog and man is an ancient love that has carried on for thousands of years. Now we have a few secrets that may shed some light on the origins of this bond – puppies dug up from the Ice Age permafrosts of Yakutia, Russia.
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almost 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

The alien world of the Burgess Shale

The Cambrian is remembered as a time when there was nothing on land and all life existed in the oceans. Gone were the days of simple one-celled organisms for an evolutionary explosion had just occurred and animal life had mushroomed into hundreds of new forms. It was a time of change, when the seas were ruled by creatures seemingly straight out of science fiction.
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almost 5 years ago by Hans Thewissen

The evolution of whales

Whales are mammals! While that simple concept is a platitude to 21st century readers, it was not for most people throughout human history. Even those who were intimately familiar with the shape and behavior of whales, the whalers who hunted them, thought of whales as fish.
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almost 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Saber-toothed cats once hunted in South America

Scientists never expected to find remains of saber-toothed cats in the grasslands of Argentina's Pampas region. But research indicates these animals hunted the plains of South America during the last ice age.
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almost 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

What killed the Siberian unicorns?

Gigantic one-horned beasts once roamed the frozen steppes and tundra of Siberia. They were a species of rhino, more than two meters at the shoulder who grazed these areas in huge numbers during the last Ice Age. That is, until their extinction.
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