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IMAGE: A new method that allows the almost non-destructive extraction of genetic material from archaeological human remains was developed by an international team of researchers. view more
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An Austrian-American research team (University of Vienna, Department Evolutionary Anthropology and Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics), in collaboration of Hungarian experts from Eötvös Loránd University, has developed a new method that allows the almost non-destructive extraction of genetic material from archaeological human remains. The method allows anthropologists, archaeologists and archaeogeneticists to avoid the risk of serious damage to artefacts of significant scientific and heritage value, which can then be fully examined in future research.
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IMAGE: Raquel Hernando, on the left, making dental moulds; Photo credit: Marina Lozano. On the right image, Beatriz Gamarra (centre) collecting samples at the Herman Ottó Museum (Miskolc, Hungary), together with. view more
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The lifestyle and eating habits of human groups that have lived for thousands of years can be examined by tooth. An international research group analyzed the prehistoric findings of the Neolithic Age. In addition to providing knowledge about the lifestyles of people who lived in prehistoric times, a novel study of tooth remains paved the way for other methods previously not used. This study applies the complementary approaches of stable isotope and dental microwear analyses to study the diets of past people living in today s Hungary. Their joint results were published in the scientific journal
Meghalaya records India’s first bat with sticky disks
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April 18, 2021 16:47 IST
Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar
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Disk-footed bat recorded for the first time in India. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130.
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An international team led by Budapest palaeontologist Gábor Botfalvai has rediscovered a unique dinosaur site in Romania’s Transylvanian region, the Hungarian Natural History Museum said on Monday.
The fossilised bone fragments found in the western part of Hátszeg Basin provide a unique insight into the late cretaceous period that preceded the sudden mass extinction of dinosaurs, the museum said in a statement.
The site was first mapped just before the first world war by Hungarian geologist Ottokár Kadic, who amassed a particularly rich collection of dinosaur and other reptile fossils, including the first dinosaur species referring to Hungary, Magyarosaurus dacus.
STEPHANIE PAPPAS, LIVESCIENCE
21 FEBRUARY 2021
Vampire squid have been lurking in the dark corners of the ocean for 30 million years, a new analysis of a long-lost fossil finds.
Vampyroteuthis infernalis) can thrive in deep, oxygen-poor ocean water, unlike many other squid species that require shallower habitat along continental shelves.
Few fossil ancestors of today s vampire squid survive, though, so scientists aren t sure when these elusive cephalopods evolved the ability to live with little oxygen.
The new fossil analysis helps to fill a 120-million-year gap in vampire squid evolution, revealing that the ancestors of modern-day vampire squid already lived in the deep oceans during the Oligocene, 23 million to 34 million years ago.