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How Dogs See The World: The Evolutionary Story Of Color Vision - Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) - 5/19/2012 12:15pm
How Dogs See the World: The Evolutionary Story of Color VisionPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)Such a lucky series of accidents appears to have happened very early in the evolution of animals, said Neitz, since some fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects are endowed with one or more additional color-sensitive pigments.
Man's Best Friend: Did Canines Help Us Evolve? - Global Animal - 5/18/2012 1:10pm
Global AnimalMan's Best Friend: Did Canines Help Us Evolve?Global AnimalRead on to learn about our evolutionary past. — Global Animal One of the most compelling — and enduring — mysteries in archaeology concerns the rise of early humans and the decline of Neanderthals. For about 250000 years, Neanderthals lived and ...Humanity's Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the NeanderthalsThe AtlanticDogs `may have helped modern man to flourish`Zee Newsall 12 news articles »
CU Scientist Helps Create Map Of Worldwide Plant, Animal Distribution - Daily Camera - 5/19/2012 3:05pm
CU scientist helps create map of worldwide plant, animal distributionDaily CameraThe research team -- which involves Robert Guralnick, an associate professor of the ecology and evolutionary biology -- gathered data from the past 200 years that documented the locations of species around the world. The map will help people better ...and more »
Rabies Evolves Slower In Hibernating Bats - ScienceBlog.com (blog) - 5/19/2012 4:19pm
The Cutting EdgeRabies evolves slower in hibernating batsScienceBlog.com (blog)Their study, published May 17 in the journal PLoS Pathogens, found that the host's geographical location was the most accurate predictor of the viral rate of evolution. Rabies viruses in tropical and sub-tropical bat species evolved nearly four times ...University of GeorgiaThe Cutting Edgeall 7 news articles »
Ideas | Q&A National Security Tips From The Octopus - Boston Globe - 5/19/2012 6:49pm
ideas | Q&A National security tips from the octopusBoston GlobeTo Sagarin, many of the national security problems America faced resembled those he knew well from his studies of the natural world, and he knew that animals had evolved radically different kinds of answers. Organisms responding to threats don't rely ...