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- Reconstructing the New World monkey family tree: After landing in Americas, primates spread as far as Caribbean, Patagonia
- Amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants
- How ancient artists used palace floor as a creative canvas
- Electronic tongues measure grape ripeness
- Environment affects an organism's complexity
- Scientists uncover hidden river of rubbish threatening to devastate wildlife
| Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:53 PM PST A Duke scientist has reconstructed the most comprehensive family tree to date of the monkeys that arrived in South America 37 or more million years ago and their subsequent evolution. The research uncovered several patterns, suggesting, among other things, that sea level rise and the arrival of humans likely caused the extinction of monkeys native to the Caribbean islands, and that monkeys once lived in the extreme southern reaches of South America. |
| Amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:45 PM PST A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant -- a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period -- with one of them in the process of making some new seeds for the next generation. |
| How ancient artists used palace floor as a creative canvas Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:45 PM PST New research finds that the Throne Room floor in the Bronze Age Palace of Nestor located in what is today Pylos, Greece, is an unusual example of artistic innovation for its time. |
| Electronic tongues measure grape ripeness Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:13 AM PST Electronic tongues can become an ally of grape growers as they offer detailed information on the degree of grape maturity and this could improve competitiveness. |
| Environment affects an organism's complexity Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:56 AM PST Scientists have demonstrated that organisms with greater complexity are more likely to evolve in complex environments. |
| Scientists uncover hidden river of rubbish threatening to devastate wildlife Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:22 AM PST Thousands of pieces of plastic have been discovered, submerged along the river bed of the upper Thames Estuary. |
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