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Primitive tribe faces extinction due to their marriage system
By Tarak Sarkar Totpara (Jalpaiguri), March 10 - ANI: The endogamous marriage system practiced by members of Toto tribe in West Bengal may lead to the extinction of their clan since the children are reportedly born with several genetic defects. Members .......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:52 | Read More
By Tarak Sarkar Totpara (Jalpaiguri), March 10 - ANI: The endogamous marriage system practiced by members of Toto tribe in West Bengal may lead to the extinction of their clan since the children are reportedly born with several genetic defects. Members .......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:52 | Read More
Humans driving extinction faster than new species can evolve
London, March 8 - ANI: One of the worlds experts on biodiversity has warned that humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve. According to a report in the Guardian, the expert in question is Simon Stuart, cha.......
Published : Monday 08 Mar 2010 13:01 | Read More
London, March 8 - ANI: One of the worlds experts on biodiversity has warned that humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve. According to a report in the Guardian, the expert in question is Simon Stuart, cha.......
Published : Monday 08 Mar 2010 13:01 | Read More
Big meteor strike killed all dinosaurs: Study
Nuremberg (Germany), March 5 (DPA) A new German-led study has marshalled even more powerful evidence that a single meteor strike 65 million years ago led to the sudden extinction of all the earth's dinosaurs........
Published : Friday 05 Mar 2010 1:31 | Read More
Nuremberg (Germany), March 5 (DPA) A new German-led study has marshalled even more powerful evidence that a single meteor strike 65 million years ago led to the sudden extinction of all the earth's dinosaurs........
Published : Friday 05 Mar 2010 1:31 | Read More
Tiny-shelled creatures shed light on extinction and recovery 65 million years ago
Washington, March 2 - ANI: In a new research, scientists are studying tiny-shelled creatures called nannoplanktons to explain the geographic unevenness of extinctions and recovery 65 million years ago. The researchers, using 823 samples from 17 drilling .......
Published : Tuesday 02 Mar 2010 13:37 | Read More
Washington, March 2 - ANI: In a new research, scientists are studying tiny-shelled creatures called nannoplanktons to explain the geographic unevenness of extinctions and recovery 65 million years ago. The researchers, using 823 samples from 17 drilling .......
Published : Tuesday 02 Mar 2010 13:37 | Read More
SUV-sized fish swam the Jurassic waters 170 million years ago
Washington, Feb 19 - ANI: Scientists have identified 170 million year old fossils as belonging to SUV-sized filter-feeding fishes that emerged during the Jurassic Period, and lived until the extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs and numerous other spe.......
Published : Friday 19 Feb 2010 13:37 | Read More
Washington, Feb 19 - ANI: Scientists have identified 170 million year old fossils as belonging to SUV-sized filter-feeding fishes that emerged during the Jurassic Period, and lived until the extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs and numerous other spe.......
Published : Friday 19 Feb 2010 13:37 | Read More
Giant fossils challenge lilliput effect in animals after greatest mass extinction
Washington, Feb 12 - ANI: The discovery of large-sized fossils dating back to only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, has called into question the existence of a Lilliput effect, the reduction in the size of organisms after th.......
Published : Friday 12 Feb 2010 16:39 | Read More
Washington, Feb 12 - ANI: The discovery of large-sized fossils dating back to only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, has called into question the existence of a Lilliput effect, the reduction in the size of organisms after th.......
Published : Friday 12 Feb 2010 16:39 | Read More
Artisans keep copper relief art alive in Amritsar
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Feb 6- ANI: Several ancient art forms such as copper relief art are on the verge of extinction in the country, but a few artisans in Amritsar have preserved this ancient form. Bas-relief is a sculpture technique, .......
Published : Saturday 06 Feb 2010 15:22 | Read More
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Feb 6- ANI: Several ancient art forms such as copper relief art are on the verge of extinction in the country, but a few artisans in Amritsar have preserved this ancient form. Bas-relief is a sculpture technique, .......
Published : Saturday 06 Feb 2010 15:22 | Read More
Ancestor of emu and cassowary lost flight after becoming fat and lazy
Sydney, January 26 - ANI: A new study has suggested that the flighted ancestor of birds such as the Australian emu and cassowary became too heavy to fly after the extinction of dinosaurs made it safer to forage for food. According to a report by.......
Published : Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 14:41 | Read More
Sydney, January 26 - ANI: A new study has suggested that the flighted ancestor of birds such as the Australian emu and cassowary became too heavy to fly after the extinction of dinosaurs made it safer to forage for food. According to a report by.......
Published : Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 14:41 | Read More
Chinese ravine may hold clues to what killed the dinosaurs
Washington, January 26 - ANI: A team of scientists is of the opinion that a 980-foot-long ravine in the Chinese countryside may hold clues to what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. According to a report in the Washington Post, scientist W.......
Published : Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 11:12 | Read More
Washington, January 26 - ANI: A team of scientists is of the opinion that a 980-foot-long ravine in the Chinese countryside may hold clues to what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. According to a report in the Washington Post, scientist W.......
Published : Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 11:12 | Read More
Early humans, not climate change, may have wiped out Australias giant animals
London, January 25 - ANI: A new research has suggested that humans, not climate change, may have caused the mass extinction of Australias giant animals, tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists have long argued over what killed off about 50 sp.......
Published : Monday 25 Jan 2010 13:18 | Read More
London, January 25 - ANI: A new research has suggested that humans, not climate change, may have caused the mass extinction of Australias giant animals, tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists have long argued over what killed off about 50 sp.......
Published : Monday 25 Jan 2010 13:18 | Read More
Chinas wild tigers face extinction in another 30 years
London, January 20 - ANI: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that Chinas wild tiger population has fallen to just 50 and faces extinction in another 30 years due to poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat. If there are no urgen.......
Published : Wednesday 20 Jan 2010 12:13 | Read More
London, January 20 - ANI: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that Chinas wild tiger population has fallen to just 50 and faces extinction in another 30 years due to poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat. If there are no urgen.......
Published : Wednesday 20 Jan 2010 12:13 | Read More
Did birds' ancestors breathe their way to dominance?
Birds' breathing method may have helped their dinosaur forefathers dominate earth after its worst mass extinction 251 million years ago........
Published : Friday 15 Jan 2010 14:52 | Read More
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Birds' breathing method may have helped their dinosaur forefathers dominate earth after its worst mass extinction 251 million years ago........
Published : Friday 15 Jan 2010 14:52 | Read More