Articles by Enrico de Lazaro

Ariche, the Carthaginian man. Image credit: M. Rais.

Phoenician ‘Young Man of Byrsa’ Had European Ancestry, DNA Study Finds

May 25, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists from Lebanon, Tunisia, France and New Zealand has sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the ‘Young Man of...

Sclerocormus parviceps. Image credit: Da-Yong Jiang.

Sclerocormus parviceps: Ancient Ichthyosaur-Like Reptile Discovered

May 24, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of ichthyosauriform marine reptile that lived about 248 million years ago (Early Triassic) has been identified from fossils found in Anhui...

This image of 1994 JR1 was taken by New Horizons’ LORRI camera in April 2016. The feature in the top left is an internal camera reflection caused by illumination by a very bright star just outside of LORRI’s field of view. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

NASA Spacecraft Beams Back Science Data on Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JR1

May 20, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released new images and data on the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 1994 JR1 from the New Horizons spacecraft. This image of 1994 JR1 was taken by New...

Image showing variation between nose shape and the specific genes responsible. Image credit: Kaustubh Adhikari / University College London.

Four Nose-Shaping Genes Identified

May 19, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A multinational team of researchers led by University College London (UCL) has found four genes that impact nose shape. Image showing variation between...

Paleo-Indians hunting a glyptodont, a relative of the armadillo that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. By Heinrich Harder, 1920.

Evidence of Pre-Clovis Occupation in Southeastern US Discovered

May 16, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Stone tools and butchered (or scavenged) mastodon bones found at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, show ancient humans lived in the southeastern United States...

Paleo-Indian hunters scout a herd of Bison antiquus. Hunters often killed large numbers of bison by driving a herd over a cliff. Image credit: Mark Marcuson / University of Nebraska State Museum.

Scientists Unearth 14K-Year-Old Bones of Extinct Bison antiquus

May 12, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists from Florida Atlantic University has uncovered the 14,000-year-old bones of Bison antiquus — a large-horned, extinct relative...

Spatial frequency distribution map of haplogroup R0a. Image credit: Francesca Gandini et al.

Humans Arrived in Southern Arabia Earlier Than Thought

May 11, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of genetic researchers from the United States and Europe has found new evidence that there was an Ice Age refugium in southern Arabia. Spatial...

SOFIA/GREAT spectrum of oxygen [OI] superimposed on an image of Mars from NASA’ MAVEN mission. The amount of atomic oxygen computed from SOFIA data is about half the amount expected. Image credit: NASA / DLR / USRA / DSI / MPIfR / GREAT Consortium / MPIfS / Rezac et al / MAVEN.

NASA’s SOFIA Observatory Detects Atomic Oxygen in Upper Atmosphere of Mars

May 10, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne observatory in the world, has detected atomic oxygen in the upper...

Conobregma bradpitti. Image credit: Butcher B.A. et al.

Newly-Discovered Species of Parasitic Wasp Named after Brad Pitt

May 5, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists has described a previously unknown species of wasp from South Africa and has named it Conobregma bradpitti, after the...

This image of an impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 30, 2015. The crater is approximately 3,300 feet (1-km) wide and appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona / Alfred McEwen.

Mars’ Recurring Slope Lineae May Be Formed by Boiling Water

May 3, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Seasonal dark streaks on Mars — called recurring slope lineae by planetary researchers — could be the result of water boiling whilst flowing...

Life reconstruction of a pair of Chasmaporthetes gangsriensis. Image credit: Julie Selan.

Tooth-Marks on 500,000-Year-Old Bone Indicate Hominin Hunting/Scavenging by Large Carnivores

Apr 29, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, tooth-marks...

Adult female Pseudouroctonus maidu in life, dorsal view. Image credit: Savary W.E. & Bryson Jr. R.W.

Pseudouroctonus maidu: New Scorpion Species Discovered in California

Apr 28, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of entomologists has described a new species of scorpion — Pseudouroctonus maidu — from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in northeastern...

Reconstruction of Sarmientosaurus musacchioi. Image credit: Mark A. Klingler, Carnegie Museum of Natural History / WitmerLab, Ohio University.

Sarmientosaurus musacchioi: New Titanosaur Species Discovered in Argentina

Apr 27, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A remarkable new species of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur being named Sarmientosaurus musacchioi has been discovered by a team of paleontologists led...

The team has found a genetic overlap between happiness and depression. Image credit: Jill Wellington.

Scientists Identify Genes Associated with Happiness and Depression

Apr 25, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a large-scale international study, researchers have identified three genetic variants associated with subjective well-being (happiness), two variants...

A white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) in Costa Rica. Image credit: Geoff Gallice / CC BY 2.0.

Panamacebus transitus: First North American Monkey Fossils Unearthed in Panama

Apr 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Seven fossil teeth recovered from the Miocene layers of the Las Cascadas Formation in the Panama Canal Basin are the first evidence of a monkey on the...

Asiagomphus reinhardti. Image credit: Oleg E. Kosterin / Naoto Yokoi / TU Dresden.

Asiagomphus reinhardti: New Species of Dragonfly Discovered

Apr 18, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of entomologists has described a new species of dragonfly from Annamense Mountains in eastern Cambodia and southern Laos. Asiagomphus...

In this artist’s conception a hot terrestrial exoplanet circles its host star. Image credit: Dana Berry.

Hot Super-Earths: Astronomers Identify New Class of Exoplanet

Apr 11, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission have identified a new type of exoplanet called ‘hot super-Earths.’ In this artist’s conception...

This false color image shows Cassiopeia A, a remnant of a Type IIb supernova. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Nearby Supernovae Showered Earth with Radioactive Debris 2 to 8 Million Years Ago

Apr 8, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Two international research teams have found evidence of a series of ‘near-Earth’ supernova explosions, which showered our planet with radioactive debris....

Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Image credit: Janice Haney Carr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers Find New Way to Inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Apr 7, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists from the United States and Australia claim they have found a new way to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that is...

‘Hannibal Crossing the Alps on an Elephant,’ a painting by Nicolas Poussin.

Scientists Find Hannibal’s Route through Alps

Apr 7, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists claims to have solved one of the enduring mysteries of ancient history: where did Hannibal — a Carthaginian general...

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