The Amazon river dolphin is closely related to the Bolivian, Orinoco and Araguaian river dolphins (all of which are found in South America); some scientists consider some or all of these dolphins to be subspecies of the Amazon river dolphin, rather than separate species. Why Are Amazon River ...
The Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan Province is a hotspot for the research of early hominid evolution and its environmental background. During the implementation o... DONGWei,LIUJianhui,PANYuerong - 中国科学通报:英文版 被引量: 15发表: 2003年 A new species of Lagerstroemioxylon (Lythraceae) from th...
1 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001012 Endangered Species Scientific Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 1001013 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000494 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 6100415 Institu...
They are a part of the tribe Hominini, which also includes humans, and the family Hominidae where all great apes are included. Like their closest living relatives the modern humans, chimpanzees are social... read more Bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs ...
Rainforests are home to a vast number of unique species; on this page you'll find pictures and interesting facts on iconic rainforest animals from all around the world. Rainforest animals - scroll down to see the entire list! Introduction ...
Hominids, the ancestors of humans, evolved as early as 5 to 10 million BC and populated the continent. Why do you call Africa the ‘cradle of humankind’? It is because the fully developed human species (Homo sapiens) appeared in roughly 4000 BC on this continent. ...
Evolutionary changes happen for a single reason, survival of the species. So how did loosing our hair give humans a survival advantage. Biologists have several hypotheses. Add image Tas Tepeler: The Place that Broke History Tue, Aug 6, 2024 ...
GREAT APES (HOMINIDAE) (3/3) Human (Homo sapiens) Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) Bornean Orangutan (P.pygmaeus) GIBBONS (HYLOBATIDAE) (9/20) Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) – endemic Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis)
000 years ago. In this our ancestors were following in the footsteps of many earlier hominid species. Expansion westwards from Asia Minor into Europe was initially hindered by the well-established population of light-skinned Neanderthals, so they turned eastwards, reaching India, southeast Asia and ...
7. Ham the Astrochimp was the first hominid in space, launched on Jan. 31, 1961. 8. Neptune’s days are 16 hours long. 9.It takes eight minutes and 19 seconds for light to travel from the sun to Earth. 10. The footprints on the moon will be there for 100 million years. ...