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Paleo Profile: Mexico's Ancient Horned Face

samedi 18 février 2017 par Brian Switek — The Sciences, Evolution

This new dinosaur is part of an explosion of highly-ornamented species uncovered in the last decade. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The Surprisingly Early Settlement of the Tibetan Plateau

samedi 18 février 2017 par Jane Qiu — Advances, The Sciences, Evolution

Scientists thought people first set foot on the frozen Tibetan Plateau 15,000 years ago. New genomic analyses suggest multiplying that figure as much as fourfold -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Jumping Spiders See with Rose-Colored Glasses

mardi 14 février 2017 par Lydia Chain — The Sciences, Evolution

Human suitors may woo with red wine and roses, but these jumping spiders come courting with fancy dress and choreography. Now scientists know more about how spiders perceive their admirers'... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Nerve Cells That Go Out on a Limb Show How the Ability to Tweet Evolved

mardi 14 février 2017 par Mo CostandiÂ — The Sciences, Evolution

Fresh insight emerges into the complex genetics that dictate how the nervous system wires itself for fine-motor control, which gives humans the dexterity for everything from brain surgery to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Talara--Peru's Great Ice Age Tar Trap

dimanche 12 février 2017 par Brian Switek — The Sciences, Evolution

For sticky Ice Age fossils, Talara is second only to La Brea -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Partnered-Up Men More Attractive to Women

jeudi 9 février 2017 par Erika Beras — Mind, Behavior & Society, The Sciences, Evolution

Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Did a Changing Climate Wipe Out the Giant Kangaroo?

mardi 7 février 2017 par Kavya Balaraman, E&E News — Sustainability, Climate, Conservation, Environment, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

New research suggests that as weather patterns changed some 30,000 years ago in Australia, megafauna went extinct -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Paleo Profile: Keilhau's Ichthyosaur

dimanche 5 février 2017 par Brian Switek — The Sciences, Evolution

The significance of this ancient "fish lizard" is all in the hips -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Hot Fossil Mammals May Offer a Glimpse of Nature's Future

samedi 4 février 2017 par Brian Switek — The Sciences, Evolution

One of the hottest periods in the last 66 million years may offer insights into the consequences of modern climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American