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The origin of domesticated horses established

An international team of researchers, including Russian ones, has established that horses were first domesticated on the territory of the modern Volga-Don region of Russia more than 4200 years ago.…

10 March 2022 · 2 min read

Environment

800 rarest monkeys need to be rescued in Sumatra

Living in the Indonesian forest of Batang Toru, orangutans are the rarest monkeys on the planet, and they are threatened with extinction. Only recently have scientists discovered that these creatures…

5 March 2022 · 2 min read

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Forests in Germany have fallen by 5% in three years

The trees have either dried up naturally or have been cut down as an emergency measure, as is the practice in infecting them with pests. Satellite images have shown that…

5 March 2022 · 2 min read

Environment

Disappearance of mammoths in Siberia

Scientists have established the cause of the disappearance of mammoths in Siberia An extensive study based on soil DNA has shown that climate change was not the cause of the…

4 March 2022 · 3 min read

Environment

Living fossils

Living fossils - white-tailed deer, zebra, hedgehog, flamingo, Canadian crane, aardvark, possum, Indian purple frog. White tailed deer 3.5 million years is not the greatest age of the species by…

2 March 2022 · 4 min read