This is an infographic on “First animals emerged 1.5 billion years earlier than thought”. I won’t add more words as the infographic was a little tricky although I created in while on the phone to my bank! 🤣😱. The phone call lasted around 30 minutes. …
NEWS AND COMMENT: A new genetic analysis of more than 3000 living people has suggested that there was a bottleneck between 800,000-900,000 years ago on the planet and during this time our ancestors, the forebears of the human race today, almost became extinct with a …
I’m told by Jim Sanderson and Patrick Watson (Small Wild Cats) that in 2005 scientists found that cats lack one of a pair of proteins which are needed to sense sweetness. And the missing protein was because of the loss of a part of a …
This is not about the human-animal relationship which is the prime topic of this website but about the human-animal and our evolution from the great apes. Scientists at a number of institutions and universities – primarily Texas University and Columbia – have identified the genetic …
I think I can state with some confidence that the scientists now have decided that comb jellies are humankind’s ancient ancestors. We can look to these blob-like creatures as the start of animal life and therefore of human life. A study as long ago as …
A recent study has come to the conclusion that the domestication of the wolf reduced the brain size of dogs which is understandable because domestic dogs nearly always have everything done for them. They don’t need to face the challenges that wolves have to face. …
You know that the world’s species – animals and humans – have been created on the back of the survival of the fittest as per Charles Darwin (unless you are one of the world’s creationists in which case, I feel sorry for you). Well, in …
Chinese scientists have been studying the fossilised remains of an injured paw of an early race of sabertooth tigers which lived between 8.7 and 9.8 million years ago. These were early “versions” of the sabertooth tiger which became extinct about 11,000 years ago. The sabertooth …
The bird that I’m referring to in the title is the Namaqua sandgrouse. It’s remarkable animal. It weighs 180 grams and yet is able to carry 25 grams of water as far as 20 miles to its nest in its feathers. It is a bird …
