New study shows how biomass changed over 500 million years
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A groundbreaking study in PLOS Biology from researchers at Harvard University, offers a fresh and compelling answer to the fundamental evolution mystery of how mammals went from sprawling like lizards to upright; revealing the path to upright posture wasn’t linear, but full of unexpected detours, evolutionary experimentation, and dramatic anatomical upheaval.
Yale School of the Environment scientists pioneered a novel approach to studying the impact of urbanization on biodiversity in cities.Using eDNA, which captures genetic material shed by organisms into their surroundings, Yale School of the Environment scientists tracked how human disturbance is impacting mammal communities. The new research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology advances novel eDNA monitoring techniques that will help scientists and city officials better manage urban biodiversity and human-wildlife interactions.
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