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• Apes
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Rainforests
  Healthy Aging
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Chimpanzee

  Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. The better known chimpanzee is Pan troglodytes, the Common Chimpanzee, living primarily in West, ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Fish
  Extinction
  Evolutionary Biology
  Marine Biology
  Evolution
   
  

  Ichthyosaur

  Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that resemble a dolphin with large teeth. They lived during a large part of the Mesozoic era, and appeared about 250 million years ago (Ma), slightly earlier ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Timeline of evolution

  This timeline of the evolution of life outlines the major events in the development of life on the planet Earth. Dates given are estimates based on scientific evidence. In biology, evolution is the ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolution
  Intelligence
  Evolutionary Biology
   

  Hominid intelligence

  The nature and origins of hominid intelligence is a much-studied and much-debated topic, of natural interest to humans as the most successful and intelligent hominid species. There is no universally ... > more
• Caving
  Water
  Drought Research
  Archaeology
  Ecosystems
  Pollution
   
  

  Stalactite

  A stalactite or dripstone, is a type of speleothem that hangs from the ceiling or wall of limestone caves. Stalactites are formed from the deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals, which is ... > more
• Early Mammals
  Paleontology
  Fossils
  Early Climate
  Origin of Life
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Mammoth

  A mammoth is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived during the Pleistocene epoch from 1.6 million ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Cultures
  Evolution
   
  

  Homo floresiensis

  Homo floresiensis ("Man of Flores") is a species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body, small brain, and survival until relatively recent times. It is thought to have been contemporaneous ... > more
• Early Birds
  Birds
  New Species
  Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Nature
   
  

  Archaeopteryx

  Archaeopteryx lithographica is the earliest and most primitive known bird. In the 1990s, the discovery of a number of well-preserved feathered dinosaurs solidified the link between dinosaurs and ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Early Climate
  Earth Science
  Geology
   
  

  Earthquake

  An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are accordingly measured with a seismometer, commonly known as a ... > more
• Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Dinosaurs
  Early Humans
   
  

  Evolution of the horse

  The evolution in the structure of their teeth, odd-toed limbs, obvious mobility of the upper lip, and other aspects, joins the horse to the evolutionary line of odd-toed, hoofed mammals: the ... > more

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