News: Evolution and Climate
On a tiny 最新糖心Vlogn island, snakes feasting on seabirds evolved huge jaws in a surprisingly short听time
A study by researchers from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and other institutions has found that in a population of island tiger snakes the bones in their jaws increase in length after feeding on large prey, while their mainland counterparts show no change.
TREENET National Street Tree Symposium success
Over 330 delegates attended the recent , held in Adelaide in September, making it the most successful ever!
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History of modern human arrival in Europe rewritten, as new fossil discovered
An international research team including scientists from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has found evidence of human occupation in Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human and听Neanderthal histories on the continent.
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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth
New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.听
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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.
The world鈥檚 leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientists reveal Earth鈥檚 secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks
The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth鈥檚 last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.
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