Oryx Research Group

01/23/2024

Mammals around the world are dying in massive numbers from the bird flu. In December 2023, H5N1 virus infections were reported for the first time in mammals in both polar regions: an infected polar bear, which died in Alaska, and in elephant and fur seals in the Antarctic region, killing over 95% of southern elephant seal pups in 'catastrophic' mass death.

Over 17,000 southern elephant seal pups were found dead on Argentina's Valdés Peninsula in a horrific mass die off attributed to the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus.

01/23/2024

Great 2023 book by Max Bennett: A Brief History of Intelligence

01/19/2023

Congratulations to Svante Pääbo for getting 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. However, our latest discovery is way more interesting and consequential! Stay tuned

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work to map the Neanderthal genome and identify Denisovans, according to a BBC News report. Pääbo first sequenced DNA from a 40,000-year-o...

01/19/2023

Pre-historic Stone Age symbol discovered! Half bull’s / half deer’s head?

09/07/2022

Truly paradigm shifting research results to be introduced soon. Stay tuned!

04/26/2020

We are proud to be working with KEYENCE CORP USA on sourcing, customizing and testing their state of the art equipment for our paleoanthropology research, such as the new VHX-7000 digital microscope and 3D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope VK-X1000! 👍

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04/06/2020

Chimpanzees, along with many other species, are undergoing a major evolutionary jump...

Primate archaeologists say that chimps are going through their own Stone Age.   

04/06/2020

We are just beginning to scratch the surface on now! The astounding new story of the of our species

Forget the simple out-of-Africa idea of how humans evolved. A huge array of fossils and genome studies has completely rewritten the story of how we came into being.

04/06/2020

Evolutionary jump is happening now! This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it's undergoing a major evolutionary transition

The three-toed skink can give birth to live young and lay eggs in the same pregnancy. What can this little critter teach us about the evolution of live birth?