7
POPSSt Kilda Visit website for lots more - including how to visit, and working holidays with the National trust for Scotland.
1
POPSGiant kangaroo 'hunted into extinction' There is evidence they were around when humans arrived. Until then they had no need for a defense against an 'efficient' predator. They are likened to a giant sloth. their size would have made them likely to have a long breeding cycle? and they would not have needed to be quick until humans turned up. Still...you had to be there.
26
POPSGenetics Show How Prehistoric Cultures Migrated & Shared Knowledge The researchers tracked genetic variation on the Y chromosome, the sex chromosome passed from father to son that encodes maleness, using a technique now widely used that was developed in the early 1990s by Underhill and colleagues in the lab of Luigi Cavalli-Sforza, professor emeritus of genetics. The method has given scientists a powerful window into ancient human migrations and prehistoric cultural shifts. The technique has also been adopted by some commercial genealogy services that offer Y-chromosome testing to the public.
6
POPSRare 111-year-old lizard 'a real Jack the Lad' It's never too late to start living, to get out and have some fun. The sun will be just as shiney in the morning, as the first day the world began. Henry is now enjoying the company of three females in his enclosure, with the next breeding season due in eight months.
4
POPSIncredible Discoveries Made in Remote Chilenean Caves Cont.... "There were no footprints where we were going, and I only saw the slightest evidence of human use," Wynne told LiveScience by email Monday night as the day's work was sinking in. Wynne and his colleagues moved carefully through the cave to place a sensor along the wall, part of their NASA-funded research. "Much to my surprise, as we moved about halfway through this passage, my foot completely sunk into the soil," Wynne said. "It was mud! There was a lot of it. It was all contained within the salt stream flow that meandered through this passage." There is no known source of water nearby.
5
POPSDinosaur fossil fetish spurs collectors' market the bad news: those who can't afford to keep up with escalating prices are losing out. This includes Britain's museums, whose budgets are pitiful compared to your average Hollywood hotshot or shipping magnate in pursuit of his next palaeontology fix.
2
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update