Ancient interior decorators: Did early humans line caves with lion pelts?
Some 16,000 years ago a big cat died. Today, its toes may provide insight into its species' extinction.The cave lion, Panthera spelaea, once roamed from Europe to northern North America. Scientists think the animal was much like its modern African counterpart and hunted large animals like deer and bison. But about 12,000 ago or so, cave lions vanished from the landscape. Scientists have suggested that changes in climate drove P. spelaea to extinction, but a study published Wednesday in the jour..>> view originalNations Agree To Establish World's Largest Marine Reserve In Antarctica
Enlarge this image Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica. An agreement was reached on Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption toggle caption Natacha Pisarenko/AP Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo ..>> view original15 Months Later, the Final Scraps of Data From Pluto Finally Reach Earth
Most of the scientific investigations of Pluto by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took place over the course of a single day, when it zipped within 8,000 miles of the dwarf planet in July of last year.Getting all that information back to Earth where scientists could study it took 15 months.The last bits of data — an infrared scan of Pluto and its largest moon Charon that tells something about the composition of the two — arrived on Earth on Tuesday at 5:48 a.m. Eastern.“Well, you know, in our he..>> view originalHumans killed nearly two-thirds of the world's wildlife over...
By the end of the decade, global wildlife populations could be just one-third of what they were 50 years ago because of humans, scientists warned in a World Wildlife Fund report released Thursday. According to the Living Planet Report 2016, populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles declined 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, the most recent year for which data is available. The report tracks more than 14,000 populations of more than 3,700 species. "Wildlife is disappearing ..>> view originalResearchers have found the first fossilized dinosaur brain
Fossilized dinosaur brain. Jamie Hiscocks Dinosaur fossils aren’t always the mineralized remnants of bones. Every now and then, you get an impression of a footprint, or the trace outlines of a feathered arm or “wing.” Sometimes, paleontologists strike proverbial gold and find a segment of dinosaur tissue, including skin, capillaries, and – as revealed in an incredible special publication by the Geological Society of London – even a brain. A fossil hunter, searchi..>> view originalThis Is the Best View Yet of Europe's Mars Lander Crash Site
Europe's ExoMars lander gauged out a crater 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) deep and nearly 8 feet (2.4 m) wide when it crashed into the Red Planet's surface last week, a new photo by a NASA Mars orbiter reveals. The lander, known as Schiaparelli, apparently deployed its parachute prematurely and didn't fire its thrusters nearly long enough to pull off a soft landing as planned on Oct. 19, European Space Agency (ESA) officials have said. The new image, which was captured by NASA's Mars Reco..>> view originalHumans' close relatives, chimps and bonobos, were kissing cousins
Mankind’s closest living relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, are more related than previously thought.The two species of social ape may look alike, but couldn’t be more different when it comes to temperament.While chimps are known to violently defend territories and war with other troops, peace-loving bonobos tend to opt for a 'make love not war' approach to life, settling disputes with sex.Scroll down for video Genetic analysis has revealed that mankind’s closest living relatives, bonobos and ..>> view originalLiving life on high: swift birds eat, sleep, and mate without touching Earth
A 10-hour flight can leave humans longing for solid ground beneath their feet, but for some birds that might not be the case – even after months, not hours, on the wing. The common swift, Apus apus, spends 10 months of the year aloft, according to research published Thursday in the journal Current Biology. This new study makes the bird a record-setter. Previous research had pointed to the Alpine swift, Tachymarptis melba, as being able to fly non-stop for some 200 days, 100 days less than the c..>> view original
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