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782 results for: Mammoths

  1. Archaeology

    Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted mammoths

    Occasional kills by Stone Age humans could not have driven creatures to extinction, researchers say.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Chemistry

    Human blood types have deep evolutionary roots

    The ABO system may date back 20 million years or more, a genetic analysis suggests.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Life

    Team releases sequel to the human genome

    ENCODE reveals the machinery that switches genes on and off.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Humans

    DNA unveils enigmatic Denisovans

    Technical advances amplify the genetic record of a Stone Age humanlike population, ancestors of modern Melanesians.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Humans

    Maiden shows signs of TB-like infection

    Molecular analysis yields clues about the immune system activity of a probable sacrificial victim.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Life

    Mammoth genome approaching completion

    Genetic material extracted from the hair of woolly mammoths has revealed new information about the extinct creatures, including how closely related they are to modern elephants.

    By Sid Perkins
  7. Humans

    Stone Age seafood fans

    Excavations in two Gibraltar caves suggest that Neandertals, like modern humans, regularly visited the Mediterranean shore to complement a land-based diet with seafood

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Earth

    Mammoth migrations

    Ancient DNA shows North American woolly mammoths migrated back to Asia and displaced Siberian mammoths.

    By Ashley Yeager
  9. Space

    Tiny object points to remote solar system reservoir

    Possible comet may be distant visitor from the innermost region of the Oort Cloud, the proposed comet reservoir of the outermost solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  10. Life

    Humans aided, constrained by fossil fuels

    Maintaining long-term population will require alternate energy sources.

    By Sid Perkins
  11. Humans

    Neandertal mitochondrial DNA deciphered

    Researchers have completed a mitochondrial genome sequence from a Neandertal. DNA taken from a 38,000-year-old bone indicates that humans and Neandertals diverged 660,000 years ago and are distinct groups.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Psychology

    Wave of resilience

    Indian survivors of the devastating Asian tsunami employed spiritual and community coping strategies to regain emotional balance

    By Bruce Bower