Cat Bohannon’s Eve is a book born out of the need to train the spotlight on the female body – a body that despite being a masterpiece of evolution has been sorely neglected by the medical and scientific community. Eve is a deeply researched timeline of the evolution of a woman’s body – from the first mammal to the first …
A boy is intrigued by the fossils on display at the exhibition in Beijing. CHINA DAILY This year marks the 100th anniversary since American geologist and paleontologist Amadeus William Grabau first discovered a type of fauna in Lingyuan in 1923, and named it the Jehol Series. At the exhibition, the star fossil is the world's earliest placental mammal Juramaia sinensis, …
By comparing the genetic blueprints of an array of animals, scientists are gaining new insights into our own species and all we share with other creatures. One study found that at least 10% of the human genome is largely unchanged across species. “One of the really cool things about mammals is that at this point in time, they’ve basically adapted …
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Mammals in ancient times were the main competitors of their own kingdom before and after the mass extinction of dinosaurs, said a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Birmingham. The study answers why after the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs, the mammals only seemed to diversify and explored new diets and ways …