A disconnection with the Atlantic Ocean six million years ago caused a rise in salt concentration, creating a half-mile-thick layer of sodium chloride that caused a regional extinction on a similar scale to that of the dinosaurs
A study of the remains of a necropolis in Treviño show an early case of smallpox and a very reduced North African genetic footprint, unlike the populations in the south of the peninsula
Geologists and archaeologists have identified the origin of the enormous rock in the Orkney Basin and believe it was carried to the south of England along the coast
The invention of these tools allowed humans to make multilayered clothing and perhaps even underwear to protect them during in the ice age, argue the authors of a new study
The genome of two dozen specimens shows that the species thrived in isolation on Wrangler Island for thousands of years before suddenly being wiped out
Chemical analysis of several plants ingested only in specific instances show that they inhibit the development of pathogenic strains of bacteria such as ‘E. coli’
New research has shown that the species use individual vocalizations to call specific members of the herd, which go beyond mere imitations of the addressee
Thousands of hours of observation of communities of both species debunk the former’s peaceful image: males are three times more aggressive than the latter
Chimpanzee and gorilla habitats are located close to operational and preoperational mining areas for materials that are essential for key technologies and the green energy transition
The main mechanisms of conservation are known, but there are thousands of pieces that have been preserved for millennia without any knowledge of how it happened
These types of mutations follow Mendelian patterns of inheritance. For the animal to be born brown-white, both its parents must carry the mutation, even if they are black-and-white