//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/early_humans/ Read about early humans in this anthropology news section. Early human development, early human migration, culture and more. Photos. en-us Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:29 EDT Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:29 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/early_humans/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202500.htm 研究人员报告说,灵活的肩膀和elbows that allow us to throw a football or reach a high shelf may have evolved as a natural braking system that let our primate ancestors get out of trees without dying. The researchers used sports-analysis software to compare the climbing movements of chimpanzees and small monkeys called mangabeys. While the animals climb up trees similarly, the researchers found that the shallow, rounded shoulder joints and shortened elbow bones that chimps have -- similar to humans -- allow them to fully extend their arms above their heads when climbing down, holding onto branches like a person going down a ladder to support their greater weight. When early humans left forests for the grassy savanna, these versatile appendages would have been essential for gathering food and using tools for hunting and defense. The findings are among the first to identify the significance of 'downclimbing' in the evolution of apes and early humans. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:25:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202500.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114103.htm A research team has used advanced sequencing technology to analyze Ötzi's genome to obtain a more accurate picture of the Iceman's appearance and genetic origins. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:41:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114103.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm Recent paleogenomic research revealed that interbreeding was common among early human species. However, little was known about when, where, and how often this hominin interbreeding took place. Using paleoanthropological evidence, genetic data, and supercomputer simulations of past climate, a team of international researchers has found that interglacial climates and corresponding shifts in vegetation created common habitats for Neanderthals and Denisovans, increasing their chances for interbreeding and gene flow in parts of Europe and central Asia. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:23:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122252.htm A new study shows that the cheek teeth of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) evolved in response to dietary changes due to vegetation changes and climate change in East Africa during the last 26 million years. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:22:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122252.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141046.htm A new study finds that past changes in atmospheric CO2 and corresponding shifts in climate and vegetation played a key role in determining when and where early human species interbred. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:10:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141046.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm A new study finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in the North Atlantic and corresponding shifts in climate, vegetation and food resources disrupted early human occupation of Europe. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:10:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727143913.htm 一个国际研究小组的语言学家和遗传学家has achieved a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the origins of Indo-European, a family of languages spoken by nearly half of the world's population. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:39:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727143913.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113054.htm The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy 'les Noisats' in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family trees which allowed a Franco-German team to explore the social organization of the 6,700-year-old community. Based on multiple lines of evidence, the team describes a close kin group which practiced monogamy and female exogamy, and experienced generally stable times. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:30:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113054.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113151.htm The genetic changes that made it possible for humans to walk upright have been uncovered in a study that also shows how slight variations in skeletal proportions are linked to arthritis. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:31:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113151.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142054.htm Butterflies and moths share 'blocks' of DNA dating back more than 200 million years, new research shows. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:20:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713142054.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626163847.htm Researchers have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans' close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:38:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626163847.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm Fifteen years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site. The team's excavations through the layers of sediments and bones that gradually washed into the cave and were left untouched for tens of thousands of years reveals that humans lived in the area for at least 70,000 years -- and likely even longer. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:47:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113811.htm Research sheds light on human evolution, and demonstrates an approach for identifying significant differences in how genes are used between closely-related species. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:38:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113811.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm Digital modelling of legendary fossil's soft tissue suggests Australopithecus afarensis had powerful leg and pelvic muscles suited to tree dwelling, but knee muscles that allowed fully erect walking. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:07:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm Hundreds of human skulls and mandibles recovered from the Crenshaw site in southwest Arkansas are the remains of ancestors of the Caddo Nation and not foreign enemies, according to a new study. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190821.htm Hybrid plants and animals have complicated genomes. A biologist has discovered a way to reveal their parent species. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:08:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190821.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195656.htm Recent scientific discoveries have shown that Neanderthal genes comprise some 1 to 4% of the genome of present-day humans whose ancestors migrated out of Africa, but the question remained open on how much those genes are still actively influencing human traits -- until now. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:56:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195656.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215834.htm Curly hair does more than simply look good -- it may explain how early humans stayed cool while conserving water, according to researchers who studied the role human hair textures play in regulating body temperature. The findings can shed light on an evolutionary adaptation that enabled the human brain to grow to modern-day sizes. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:58:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215834.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124112.htm Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of previously unknown organisms that dominated complex life on Earth about a billion years ago. They differed from complex eukaryotic life as we know it, such as animals, plants and algae in their cell structure and likely metabolism, which was adapted to a world that had far less oxygen in the atmosphere than today. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:41:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150053.htm Geneticists have unearthed a major event in the ancient history of sturgeons and paddlefish that has significant implications for the way we understand evolution. They have pinpointed a previously hidden 'whole genome duplication' (WGD) in the common ancestor of these species, which seemingly opened the door to genetic variations that may have conferred an advantage around the time of a major mass extinction some 200 million years ago. Wed, 31 May 2023 15:00:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150053.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172004.htm Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago. Thu, 18 May 2023 17:20:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172004.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517121424.htm In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing fossil evidence of early Homo sapiens populations there, researchers have uncovered a new model of human evolution -- overturning previous beliefs that a single African population gave rise to all humans. Wed, 17 May 2023 12:14:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517121424.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230512144800.htm Scientists have precisely identified base pairs of the human genome that remained consistent over millions of years of mammalian evolution, and which play a crucial role in human disease. The team analyzed the genomes of 240 mammals, including humans and identified base pairs that were 'constrained' -- meaning they remained generally consistent -- across mammal species over the course of evolution. The most constrained base pairs in mammals were over seven times more likely to be causal for human disease and complex trait, and over 11 times more likely when researchers looked at the most constrained base pairs in primates alone. Fri, 12 May 2023 14:48:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230512144800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164457.htm A new study finds that early human species adapted to mosaic landscapes and diverse food resources, which would have increased our ancestor's resilience to past shifts in climate. Thu, 11 May 2023 16:44:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164457.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122008.htm 科学家们利用线粒体DNA追踪female lineage from northern coastal China to the Americas. By integrating contemporary and ancient mitochondrial DNA, the team found evidence of at least two migrations: one during the last ice age, and one during the subsequent melting period. Around the same time as the second migration, another branch of the same lineage migrated to Japan, which could explain Paleolithic archeological similarities between the Americas, China, and Japan. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122008.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230508104930.htm Humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals that affects the shape of our noses, finds a new study. Mon, 08 May 2023 10:49:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230508104930.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121312.htm An international research team has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Paleolithic artefact: a pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. To preserve the integrity of the artefact, they developed a new, nondestructive method for isolating DNA from ancient bones and teeth. From the DNA retrieved they were able to reconstruct a precise genetic profile of the woman who used or wore the pendant, as well as of the deer from which the tooth was taken. Genetic dates obtained for the DNA from both the woman and the deer show that the pendant was made between 19,000 and 25,000 years ago. The tooth remains fully intact after analysis, providing testimony to a new era in ancient DNA research, in which it may become possible to directly identify the users of ornaments and tools produced in the deep past. Wed, 03 May 2023 12:13:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502132258.htm Researchers have proposed a new evolutionary model for the origin of a kingdom of viruses called Bamfordvirae, suggesting a billion-years evolutionary arms race between two groups within this kingdom and their hosts. Tue, 02 May 2023 13:22:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502132258.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427173438.htm 什么是人类基因组缺乏相比genomes of other primates might have been as crucial to the development of humankind as what has been added during our evolutionary history, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The new findings, published April 28 in the journal Science, fill an important gap in what is known about historical changes to the human genome. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:34:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427173438.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427173435.htm Even though it is important to know where these variations are located in the genome, it's also useful to know how or why these genetic variations happened in the first place. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:34:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427173435.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm Genetic analysis links 3,000-year-old bone found in cave to modern Alaska Natives. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:31:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154245.htm Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick fruit in forests, but new research from the University of Michigan suggests a life in open woodlands and a diet that included leaves drove apes' upright stature. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:42:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154245.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230407110720.htm A team of researchers compared the genomes of woolly mammoths with modern day elephants to find out what made woolly mammoths unique, both as individuals and as a species. The investigators report that many of the woolly mammoth's trademark features -- including their woolly coats and large fat deposits -- were already genetically encoded in the earliest woolly mammoths, but these and other traits became more defined over the species' 700,000+ year existence. They also identified a gene with several mutations that may have been responsible for the woolly mammoth's miniscule ears. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:07:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230407110720.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404114034.htm When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa (1628) were investigated, it was determined that the skeleton designated G was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from a woman. About thirty people died when Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm, 1628. We cannot know who most of them were, only one person is named in the written sources. When the ship was raised in 1961 it was the scene of a comprehensive archaeological excavation, in which numerous human bones were found on board and examined. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:40:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404114034.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm 培养和增长的葡萄园强烈influenced European civilizations, but where the grapevine comes from and how it has spread across the globe has been highly disputed so far. In an extensive genome project, researchers have determined its origin and evolution from the wild vine to today's cultivar by analyzing thousands of vine genomes collected along the Silk Road from China to Western Europe. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:37:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301141358.htm A world-first model of paleoclimate and hydrology in Iran has highlighted favourable routes for Neanderthals and modern human expansions eastwards into Asia. The findings reveal that multiple humid periods in ancient Iran led to the expansions of human populations, opening dispersal route across the region, and the possible interactions of species such as Neanderthals and our own Homo sapiens. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:13:58 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301141358.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227132541.htm By simulating early Earth conditions in the lab, researchers have found that without specific amino acids, ancient proteins would not have known how to evolve into everything alive on the planet today -- including plants, animals, and humans. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:25:41 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227132541.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the plague have examined hundreds of ancient human teeth from Denmark, seeking to address longstanding questions about its arrival, persistence and spread within Scandinavia. Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:50:14 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221113002.htm A new study explores 'balancing selection' by analyzing thousands of modern human genomes alongside ancient hominin groups, such as Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes. The research has 'implications for understanding human diversity, the origin of diseases, and biological trade-offs that may have shaped our evolution,' says evolutionary biologists. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:30:02 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221113002.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209141458.htm Along the shores of Africa's Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher hippos and pound plant material, according to new research. The study presents what are likely to be the oldest examples of a hugely important stone-age innovation known to scientists as the Oldowan toolkit, as well as the oldest evidence of hominins consuming very large animals. Excavations at the site, named Nyayanga and located on the Homa Peninsula in western Kenya, also produced a pair of massive molars belonging to the human species' close evolutionary relative Paranthropus. The teeth are the oldest fossilized Paranthropus remains yet found, and their presence at a site loaded with stone tools raises intriguing questions about which human ancestor made those tools. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:14:58 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209141458.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206104123.htm An interdisciplinary team of scientistshas found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, increasing the genetic diversity of the region today. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:41:23 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206104123.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112819.htm Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:28:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112819.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230111131453.htm 古DNA的分析允许科学家trace human evolution and make important discoveries about modern populations. The data revealed by ancient DNA sampling can be valuable, but the human remains that carry this ancient DNA are often those of the ancestors of modern Indigenous groups, and some communities have expressed concerns about the ethics of sampling by outside parties. A group of scientists make the case for involvement of descendant communities in all aspects of the research process. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:14:53 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230111131453.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230109112755.htm Smallpox was once one of humanity's most devastating diseases, but its origin is shrouded in mystery. For years, scientific estimates of when the smallpox virus first emerged have been at odds with historical records. Now, a new study reveals that the virus dates back 2,000 years further than scientists have previously shown, verifying historical sources and confirming for the first time that the disease has plagued human societies since ancient times. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:27:55 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230109112755.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230106144515.htm Using a new method based upon comparing DNA mutation rates between parents and offspring, evolutionary biologists have revealed the average age of mothers versus fathers over the past 250,000 years, including the discovery that the age gap is shrinking, with women's average age at conception increasing from 23.2 years to 26.4 years, on average, in the past 5,000 years. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 14:45:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230106144515.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221226094527.htm Archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any previously found in the Americas, helping to fill in the history of how early humans crafted and used stone weapons. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 09:45:27 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221226094527.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221214180655.htm Human bipedalism -- walking upright on two legs -- may have evolved in trees, and not on the ground as previously thought, according to a new study. Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:06:55 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221214180655.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221208174250.htm Modern Papuans' immune system likely evolved with a little help from the Denisovans, a mysterious human ancestor who interbred with ancient humans, according to a new study. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:42:50 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221208174250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206204814.htm For over a century, one of the earliest human fossils ever discovered in Spain has been long considered a Neanderthal. However, new analysis from an international research team dismantles this century-long interpretation, demonstrating that this fossil is not a Neanderthal; rather, it may actually represent the earliest presence of Homo sapiens ever documented in Europe. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:48:14 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206204814.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221128101250.htm Researchers have discovered and characterized a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sharks and humans, but absent in jawless vertebrates, such as lampreys. This DNA is important for the shaping of the joint surfaces during embryo development. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:12:50 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221128101250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221123114249.htm A team of researchers has identified a group of human DNA sequences driving changes in brain development, digestion and immunity that seem to have evolved rapidly after our family line split from that of the chimpanzees, but before we split with the Neanderthals. Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:42:49 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221123114249.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115133206.htm The preserved footprints found in New Mexico's Lake Otero Basin would upend scientific understanding of how, and when, humans first arrived in North America, if they are accurately dated. A new study brings the age claim into question. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:32:06 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115133206.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221114111017.htm The remains of a huge carp fish mark the earliest signs of cooking by prehistoric human to 780,000 years ago, predating the available data by some 600,000 years, according to researchers. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:10:17 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221114111017.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221102085438.htm Using DNA from two ancient humans unearthed in two different archaeological sites in northeast Brazil, researchers have unraveled the deep demographic history of South America at the regional level with some surprising results. Not only do they provide new genetic evidence supporting existing archaeological data of the north-to-south migration toward South America, they also have discovered migrations in the opposite direction along the Atlantic coast -- for the first time. Among the key findings, they also have discovered evidence of Neanderthal ancestry within the genomes of ancient individuals from South America. Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:54:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221102085438.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221031212802.htm The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of human evolution. Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:28:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221031212802.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221024131042.htm The first genetic data from Palaeolithic human individuals in the UK -- the oldest human DNA obtained from the British Isles so far -- indicates the presence of two distinct groups that migrated to Britain at the end of the last ice age, according to new research. Published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the new study by UCL Institute of Archaeology, the Natural History Museum and the Francis Crick Institute researchers reveals for the first time that the recolonisation of Britain consisted of at least two groups with distinct origins and cultures. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:10:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221024131042.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221019111328.htm 研究人员已经设法英蒂多个序列viduals from a remote Neanderthal community in Siberia. Among these thirteen individuals, the researchers identified multiple related individuals -- among these a father and his teenage daughter. The researchers were also able to use the thirteen genomes to provide a glimpse into the social organization of a Neanderthal community. They appear to have been a small group of close relatives, consisting of ten to twenty members, and communities were primarily connected through female migration. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:13:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221019111328.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221005111913.htm Scientists have shown that in one in every 4,000 births, some of the genetic code from our mitochondria -- the 'batteries' that power our cells -- inserts itself into our DNA, revealing a surprising new insight into how humans evolve. Researchers show that mitochondrial DNA also appears in some cancer DNA, suggesting that it acts as a sticking plaster to try and repair damage to our genetic code. Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:19:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221005111913.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220928113007.htm A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, a jawless freshwater fish, possessed paired fins. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:30:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220928113007.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220928094821.htm An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals. The reconstructed ancestral genome could help in understanding the evolution of mammals and in conservation of modern animals. The earliest mammal ancestor likely looked like the fossil animal 'Morganucodon' which lived about 200 million years ago. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:48:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220928094821.htm