by Christine Kenneally BH | Feb 2, 2012 | Dogs, Orangutan, Preserved animals
On a stormy day in January 1925, before a crowd of hundreds, a nine-foot-tall polar bear was transferred to a new enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. As lightning flashed and thunder...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 11, 2007 | Ancient genomics, Mammoth, Preserved animals, Squid
An almost perfectly preserved baby mammoth has been found in Siberia, and scientists are hailing the discovery as invaluable. Virtually everything about the little beast is intact, even it’s eyes remain. I’m not sure how rare it is to unearth prehistoric...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 10, 2007 | Beads, Infants, Ochre, Prehistoric humans, Preserved animals, Twins
Twenty-seven thousand years ago, a human parent or parents buried their ten-month-old twins. They decorated their babies with red ochre and jewellery, and sheltered them under the shoulder blade of a mammoth. The huge animal scapula protected the infants, and their...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 9, 2007 | Ancient genomics, Genes, Preserved animals
Since last year when researchers announced their goal of reconstructing the Neandertal genome, the story has been getting play from many angles in all sorts of publications. In the team’s most recent announcement, covered pretty much everywhere by everyone, they...
