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May 21, 2024
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May 20, 2024 From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose -- which can grow as wide as a car -- the headgear of ruminant hooved mammals is extremely diverse, and new research suggests that despite the physical differences, ...
May 16, 2024 In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of sabre teeth, with some unexpected results along the ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Scientists have applied a dynamic model of the landscape to patterns of human migration into Sahul, the combined continent of Australia, Tasmania and New ...
May 1, 2024 Researchers have provided new age estimates and revised provenance information for the Liujiang human fossils, shedding light on the presence of Homo sapiens in the region. Using advanced dating ...
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Apr. 29, 2024 It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition. However, due to the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers explain the genomic and developmental basis of the patagium, the thin skin membrane that allows some mammalian species to soar through the ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The origin of life continues to remain a matter of debate. The ribonucleic acid (RNA) world hypothesis proposes that 'ribozymes' which store genetic ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morphology at the base of the skull. TBX1 is present at higher levels in humans than in closely related ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo ...
Apr. 16, 2024 According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than ...
Apr. 15, 2024 A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene ...
Apr. 12, 2024 A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or 'seaweed,' to evolve multicellularity. Three lineages of macroalgae developed multicellularity ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Traces of DNA in the stomachs of predatory snails give a team og geobiologists new insights into the ecology of ...
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Apr. 10, 2024 As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they ...
Apr. 9, 2024 The first birdfeeders were made in the 19th century, and their design rapidly evolved during the 20th century. Researchers at the consider the evolution of the birdfeeder to be an example of ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ...
Apr. 5, 2024 A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik -- a close relative of limbed vertebrates -- used micro-CT to reveal bones still embedded in matrix. The reconstruction shows ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Biophysicists have demonstrated how heat flows through rock fissures could have created the conditions for the emergence of ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary history of ...
Mar. 25, 2024 A new study has challenged previously held views that brain preservation in the archaeological record is extremely rare. The team compiled a new archive of preserved human brains, which highlighted ...
Mar. 22, 2024 How was complex life able to develop on the inhospitable early Earth? At the beginning there must have been ribonucleic acid (RNA) to carry the first genetic information. To build up complexity in ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Scientists have explored the puzzling world of rays that lived 150 million years ago and discovered a previously hidden diversity -- including a new ray species. This study significantly expands the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Researchers have uncovered intriguing details about the origins and spread of the bottle gourd, one of the oldest domesticated crops. Their work unveils the genetic diversification and population ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Giraffes, with their bizarre body plan, have always held a special place in the minds of evolutionary biologists and non-experts alike. In a new study whole-genome sequencing data was used to ...
Mar. 8, 2024 Researchers have discovered a mechanism steering the evolution of multicellular life. They identified how altered protein folding drives multicellular ...
Mar. 4, 2024 Scientists provide fresh insights on the origins of life, presenting compelling evidence supporting the 'RNA World' hypothesis. The study unveils an RNA enzyme that can make accurate copies ...
Mar. 4, 2024 Plant biologists have uncovered an evolutionary mystery over 100 million years in the making. It turns out that sometime during the last 125 million years, tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana plants ...
Feb. 29, 2024 New phospholipid discovery brings researchers closer to understanding how primordial cells emerged during origin of ...
Feb. 28, 2024 Potters of different cultural backgrounds learn new types differently, producing cultural differences even in the absence of differential cultural evolution. The research has implications for how we ...
Feb. 28, 2024 A genetic change in our ancient ancestors may partly explain why humans don't have tails like ...
Feb. 22, 2024 The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers ...
Feb. 22, 2024 More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the shadow of the ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Comparison of over 200 high-quality butterfly and moth genomes reveals key insights into their biology, evolution and diversification over the last 250 million years, as well as clues for ...
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- Modeling the Origins of Life: New Evidence for an 'RNA World'
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
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- Experiment Captures Why Pottery Forms Are Culturally Distinct
- Change in Gene Code May Explain How Human Ancestors Lost Tails
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Killer Instinct Drove Evolution of Mammals' Predatory Ancestors
- Snakes Do It Faster, Better: How a Group of Scaly, Legless Lizards Hit the Evolutionary Jackpot
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Butterfly and Moth Genomes Mostly Unchanged Despite 250 Million Years of Evolution
- An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins
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- The Hidden Rule for Flight Feathers -- And How It Could Reveal Which Dinosaurs Could Fly
- The Complete Library of Charles Darwin Revealed
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- Dinosaurs' Success Helped by Specialized Stance and Gait, Study Finds
- Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals
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- DNA from Preserved Feces Reveals Ancient Japanese Gut Environment
- Syphilis-Like Diseases Were Widespread in Americas Before Arrival of Columbus, Researchers Find
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- A Window Into Plant Evolution: The Unusual Genetic Journey of Lycophytes
- How Does One Species Become Many?
- Why Animals Shrink Over Time Explained With New Evolution Theory
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- Cryo-Microscopy Reveals Nano-Sized Copy Machine Implicated in Origin of Life
- Feeding Mode of Ancient Vertebrate Tested for First Time
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- Study on Lamprey Embryos Sheds Light on the Evolutionary Origin of Vertebrate Head
- New Research Sheds Light on an Old Fossil Solving an Evolutionary Mystery
Monday, January 8, 2024
- How Did the Bushpig Cross the Strait? A Great Puzzle in African Mammal Biogeography Solved by Genomics
- Evolution Is Not as Random as Previously Thought
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- A Mixed Origin Made Maize Successful
- Dishing the Dirt on Human Evolution: Why Scientific Techniques Matter in Archaeology
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- Evolution of Taste: Early Sharks Were Able to Perceive Bitter Substances
- No Scientific Evidence for Cognitively Advanced Behaviors and Symbolism by Homo Naledi
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- Bacteria-Virus Arms Race Provides Rare Window Into Rapid and Complex Evolution
- New Research Exposes Early Humans' Ecological Versatility
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- 450-Million-Year-Old Organism Finds New Life in Softbotics
- Fossils Tell Tale of Last Primate to Inhabit North America Before Humans
- Frogs Were Florida's First-Known Vertebrates from the Caribbean
Thursday, November 2, 2023
- New Secrets About Cat Evolution Revealed
- 'Jurassic Worlds' Might Be Easier to Spot Than Modern Earth
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
- Giant Dinosaur Carcasses Might Have Been Important Food Sources for Jurassic Predators
- Where Is a Sea Star's Head? Maybe Just About Everywhere
- How the Fish Got Its Shoulder
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- Ancient Diamonds Shine Light on the Evolution of Earth
- The Encounter Between Neanderthals and Sapiens as Told by Their Genomes
Monday, October 16, 2023
- Scientists, Philosophers Identify Nature's Missing Evolutionary Law
- Extinct Ape Gets a Facelift, 12 Million Years Later
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- Genome Study Reveals 30 Years of Darwin's Finch Evolution
- Insights Into Early Snake Evolution Through Brain Analysis
- Did Animal Evolution Begin With a Predatory Lifestyle?
Thursday, September 21, 2023
- Researchers' Analysis of Perching Birds Points to New Answers in Evolutionary Diversification
- Dinosaur Feathers Reveal Traces of Ancient Proteins
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- Tiny Sea Creatures Reveal the Ancient Origins of Neurons
- RNA for the First Time Recovered from an Extinct Species
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- Human Shoulders and Elbows First Evolved as Brakes for Climbing Apes
- Pioneering Research Sheds Surprising New Light on Evolution of Plant Kingdom