New: palaeontologyAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemhive-183959hive-180932zzanhive-185836photographyuncommonlabhive-166405lifehive-150122bitcoinhive-188619hive-144064hive-183397hive-145157krsuccesshive-139150hive-109690hive-124908hive-101145hive-150943photoTrendingNewHotLikersbumblecat (78)in dinosaurs • 7 months agoSome interesting Palaeontology facts..The first dinosaur found by scientists was named Scrotum Humanum. Because the first dinosaur bone found by scientists looked like human testicles. There are two main kinds of dinosaurs, “bird…chappertron (66)in de-stem • 5 years agoPaläontologie für Nicht-Paläontologen: Das Geheimnis ist gelüftet!Hallo Leute, ich habe es endlich geschafft. Ich konnte das Rätsel um mein Fischfossil beinahe vollständig lüften. Am siebten Januar dieses Jahres fand, wie immer am ersten Mittwoch des Monats…gavvet (78)in science • 5 years agoDino egg bonanzaA rescent find from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Notice how more and more Dino pics are getting feathers these days and looking more and more like later flightless birds. sourcegavvet (78)in science • 5 years agoSeems like dinos, protected their eggsHere we have a fossil skeleton of a velociraptor. Of Jurassic park fame protecting a clutch of eggs. sourcejohan-nygren (63)in palaeontology • 6 years agoAre the papinonins at Aramis (Frost, 2001) in the Theropithecus lineage, and ancestral to Theropithecus darti?Two species of papionins which are found in the Awash region only, primarily at 4.4 million year strata in Aramis , that have been classified Kuseracolobus aramisi and Pliopapio alemui…johan-nygren (63)in palaeontology • 7 years agoMapping the evolutionary lineage of horses on Danakil, and Paranthropus as a knuckle-walkerThe horse evolutionary lineage also maps to the counter-clockwise rotation of Danakil[1], descendant from Miocene "forest horses"[2] and filled a niche as a grazer on the "open grasslands" of the…johan-nygren (63)in palaeontology • 7 years agoDanakil, The Galapagos of Pliocene East AfricaThe coast-line on Danakil as an open grassland led to the speciation of grazing horses, where Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli , the descendant of Miocene E. feibeli which lived and ate in…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoThe Homo lineage created the savanna, rather than the other way aroundThe coast-line on Danakil where both the Australopithecus and Paranthropus genus speciated, would have been different from the surrounding regions in that it was an open landscape, where the field…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoIncomplete Lineage Sorting (ILS) from the interbreeding event 6 MaScally et al shows that 30% of the gorilla genome exhibits incomplete lineage sorting with the human genome and chimpanzee genome, with 15% of the gorilla genome being closer to human than to…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoThe Darwinian origin of the great apes, an island in the Afar region, DanakilThe Galapagos of the Great Apes Iguanas became otters on the Galapagos, finches took on every single bird niche, birds on New Zealand lost their wings, the Kiwi bird became the equivalent of a…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoEvidence of hybridization at 6Ma, mtDNA transfer from gorillae to human-chimpanzee lineage, seen in ps5 NUMT present in extant gorillas, humans and chimpanzeesMitochondrial DNA is inherited separately from nuclear DNA (the chromosomes. ) Fragments of mitochondrial DNA are known to get inserted into nuclear DNA to form NUMTs, i.e. nuclear pseudogenes of…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoGene transfer between the gorilla lineage and human lineage 6–4Ma, possible empirical evidenceThe gorilla lineage may be a result of the Ethopian plateau forming, from compression of the contintental crust at the Afar tripple junction, which later by extension formed the Afar rift as well as…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoSubcutaneous fat in humans and gorillas, correlations at a genetic level ?Gorillas have plenty of subcutaneous fat, where Zihlman et al report 13% and 16% in two female gorilla from a paper in 2000[1], and total body fat up to 44% (Zihlman and McFarland, 2000). The…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoHypothesis to explain the Pthirus host switch as well as Paranthropus: extant gorillas are descendant from island gorillas, living in the mountains on DanakilOnly coastal animals would leave a fossil record in Afar[1, 2], that is, animals living along the coast on south-western Danakil, and whatever lived up in the mountains would be lost (fossils are…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoThe "companion-species" hypothesis, a new model for the evolution of eusociality in humansSudmant et al published a paper[1] in 2013 on a genome sequence analysis of the speciation of gorillas, humans and chimpanzees. Their data shows that there was a gene deletion event in the…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoConclusive evidence of gene transfer from Gorillae to gracile Australopithecines 3 million years agoHere is, I think, conclusive evidence of gene transfer from Gorillae to gracile Australopithecines 3 million years ago. The data that is interpreted as deletions here, is gene transfer from the…johan-nygren (63)in anthropology • 7 years agoEusociality, and the "companion-species" hypothesis of human evolutionI came up with the "companion-species" hypothesis the other day, which builds on a 2012 study published in nature.com that 15% of the human genome is closer to gorilla than chimpanzee, as well…tmilan (26)in science • 7 years ago"Patagotitan mayorum", one of the largest dinosaurs to have ever lived, is officially named by researchersTake a look at this beast: The patagotitan mayorum, announced in 2014, was just officially named by José Carballido, Diego Pol and colleagues. Partial skeletons of multiple such animals (in…johan-nygren (63)in geology • 7 years agoTectonic history of the Ethiopian Plateau, an expansion tectonics perspectiveDuring an increase in Earth radius from A to B, the increase in radius generates localised tangential compression at the surface interaction of each fragmented crust plus tangential extension at the…johan-nygren (63)in palaeontology • 7 years agoOn the hypothesis mountain-formation and decreased access to fruit as the origin of Chororapithecus abyssinicus (10.5 - 10 Ma)Mountain gorillas are mostly herbivorous, and their diet is primarily composed of plants such as roots, leaves, stems, vines, bark, bamboo shoots, and entire small plants. They will also eat fruit…
