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• Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
  Gene Therapy
  Evolution
   
  

  Gene

  A gene is a locatable region of genomic sequence, corresponding to a unit of inheritance, which is associated with regulatory regions, transcribed regions and/or other functional sequence regions. ... > more
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more
• Anthropology
  Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Evolution
  Archaeology
   
  

  Anthropology

  Anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Since the work of Franz Boas and Bronisław Malinowski in the ... > more
• Early Birds
  Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Fisheries
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Birds
   
  

  Feathered dinosaurs

  The realization that dinosaurs are closely related to birds raised the obvious possibility that some dinosaurs had feathers. Fossils of Archaeopteryx include well-preserved feathers, but it was not ... > more
• Archaeology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Early Climate
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
   
  

  Bronze Age

  The Bronze Age is a period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and ... > 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
• 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
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Biology
   
  

  Evolution of the eye

  The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Minoan civilization

  The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which ... > more
• Charles Darwin
  Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
   
  

  Charles Darwin

  Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by convincing the scientific community of the occurrence of evolution and proposing the ... > more

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