New research suggests that early humans in Africa interbred with a ghost population that likely split from the ancestors of humans and Neanderthals between 360,000 and 1.02 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/early-humans-africa-interbred-with-extinct-species…
Tag: extinct species
AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old
Artificial intelligence may be able to work out the maximum lifespans of extinct species and early humans. The technique relies on analysing specific regions of DNA that are linked to ageing Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227290-ai-genome-scanner-says-denisovans-could-live-until-38-years-old/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Scientists Re-Counted Australia’s Extinct Species. And the Result Is Devastating
In the most comprehensive assessment of its kind, researchers find that 100 endemic Australian species living in 1788 are now extinct. Source: https://www.livescience.com/australia-extinct-species-devastating.html
Monster penguin was as tall as a person
An extinct species of giant penguin – over 5 feet (1.6 meters) tall – has been identified from fossils found in New Zealand. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/monster-penguin-fossil…
Moon rocks could help reveal how life evolved on Earth – and may enable us to resurrect extinct species
Life is the last thing you would associate with the eternally dark craters of the lunar poles. But these craters could hold the key to explaining how complex, multi-cellular organisms evolved on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, affording unimaginable insights into our planet’s biological past. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-moon-reveal-life-evolved-earth.html…
Giant parrot fossil unearthed in New Zealand
Scientists have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs and stood up to 3ft in height. Bones belonging to the gargantuan bird… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329525/giant-parrot-fossil-unearthed-in-new-zealand…
The strangest crab that has ever lived
Meet Callichimaera perplexa, the platypus of crabs. It’s a 95-million-year-old extinct species that, scientists say, will force us to rethink the definition of a crab. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/callichimaera-perplexa-strangest-extinct-crab…
Scientists Discover 42,000-Year-Old Liquid Blood in Preserved Foal
The well-preserved condition of the animal is giving hope to researchers trying to clone extinct animals. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9x3a/scientists-discover-42000-year-old-liquid-blood-in-preserved-foal…
Scientists Plan To Clone A 42,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse Species Back To Life
Scientists are pretty sure that they can extract cells from a 42,000-year-old extinct foal and bring it back to life. They believe that if they can bring back the extinct Lenskaya breed of horse, they will eventually be able to successfully resurrect the woolly mammoth. The light ginger-colored foal was found in the Batagai depression… Continue reading Scientists Plan To Clone A 42,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse Species Back To Life
Snake Species Rediscovered And New Hope For Bird On The Brink Of Extinction
A species of wood snake that nobody has seen in the last 140 years has reappeared in the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in India. Scientists conducted a survey that lasted two years (from 2014-2016) and that’s when they rediscovered the wood snake species which is called Xylophis indicus. The snake is a “point endemic” meaning that… Continue reading Snake Species Rediscovered And New Hope For Bird On The Brink Of Extinction