Gorilla diet tips -- Have we 'evolved to eat mush'?
...ssil primates by comparing the lengths of shearing crests on unworn molars with those of living species with known diets." Would gorillas and early hominims have approved of the Atkins Diet? Stanford is skeptical, noting that early humans' meat consumption "was limited to game they were able to chase down a...Stegosaur plates and spikes for looks only, researchers say
...elmet-like domes of the pachycephalosaurs, and the crests of the duck-billed hadrosaurs - likely served no function other than to differentiate species, akin to birds' colorful feather ornamentation. "Our studies of bone histology are telling us a lot about dinosaur social behavior and lifestyle," said Kevi...Duck-billed dino crests not linked to sense of smell
...ned that duck-billed dinosaurs' massive but hollow crests had nothing to do with what many scientists suspec... about their function has led to theories that the crests functioned as everything from brain coolers to snorkels for underwater feeding. Now, David Evans, a ...Early bird caught the fish: Fossils depict aquatic origins of birds 115 million years ago
...lar to structures seen in loons and grebes. These crests anchor powerful muscles needed for diving under water and swimming." According to Harris, these adaptations all demonstrate how the Gansus branch of the family tree, the structurally modern birds called ornithuromorphs, split from the enantiornithea......ve dined on small insects and grubs. "It had sharp crests on the teeth which formed blades, indicating it was likely carnivorous," said Craig Scott, a PhD candidate and lead author of the study. Horolodectes means 'hourglass biter', in reference to the creature's peculiar hourglass-shaped pre-molars, the te...