The Great London [05/18/22] 

  • Evolution: Rooting the family tree of placental mammals

    Placental mammals consist of three main groups that diverged rapidly, evolving in wildly different directions: Afrotheria (for example, elephants and tenrecs), Xenarthra (such as armadillos and sloths) and Boreoeutheria (all other placental mammals). The relationships between them have been a subject of fierce controversy with mul…

  1. Louvre pays tribute to the 18th century with a special series of four exhibitions
  2. Riace Bronzes back home in Reggio Calabria Museum
  3. Artefacts from ‘Andalucía's Pompeii' go on display
  4. Fragment of manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci unearthed in French town library
  5. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: an ancient Egyptian mind boggler