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December 24, 2024
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Dec. 19, 2024 Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The chart shows the relative ups and downs in species ...
Dec. 12, 2024 Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional wisdom about how the code evolved is likely ...
Dec. 11, 2024 A groundbreaking study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -- the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species -- have evolved remarkably varied jaw shapes, driving their extraordinary ecological ...
Dec. 11, 2024 How can we explain the morphological diversity of living organisms? Although genetics is the answer that typically springs to mind, it is not the only explanation. By combining observations of embryonic development, advanced microscopy, and ...
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Dec. 5, 2024 A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes ...
Dec. 5, 2024 Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world's ...
Dec. 2, 2024 A groundbreaking study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike. The research ...
Nov. 27, 2024 Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between ...
Nov. 19, 2024 Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient Europeans adapted to ...
Nov. 18, 2024 A newly discovered pterosaur fossil is shedding light on the evolutionary journey of these ancient flying reptiles. This complete specimen, named Skiphosoura bavarica, provides crucial insights into ...
Nov. 13, 2024 Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a ...
Nov. 13, 2024 A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate ...
Nov. 11, 2024 A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so ...
Nov. 8, 2024 Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some ...
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Nov. 1, 2024 New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ...
Oct. 31, 2024 This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...
Oct. 29, 2024 An ancient gene mutation among First Nations inhabitants of Oceania may make them more susceptible to infectious diseases like influenza, according to a new ...
Oct. 25, 2024 Researchers reveal new insights into the complex evolutionary history behind the distinctive upright posture of modern placental and marsupial mammals, showing the transition was surprisingly complex ...
Oct. 24, 2024 New Zealand's native stoneflies have changed colour in response to human-driven environmental changes, new research shows. The study provides arguably the world's most clear-cut case of ...
Oct. 21, 2024 Scientists have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic ...
Oct. 21, 2024 How can lifeless molecules come together to form a living ...
Oct. 17, 2024 A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have occurred as far back as more than 800,000 years ...
Oct. 14, 2024 Seven of the most common forest trees in Europe have been shown to be able to shelter their genetic diversity from major shifts in environmental conditions. This is despite their ranges having shrunk ...
Oct. 11, 2024 Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without 'unmelted' asteroids, ...
Oct. 10, 2024 They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...
Oct. 10, 2024 A new study shows that the patchwork of different ecosystems found in mountainous regions played a key role in the evolution of ...
Oct. 9, 2024 Researchers have identified how the architecture of brain circuits helps different species flexibly adapt to new mating signals across evolutionary ...
Oct. 8, 2024 Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, granting insight into the origin and early evolution of wind dispersal strategies in ...
Oct. 4, 2024 A study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans Flying reptiles first came down from the trees in the mid-Jurassic Period, paving the way for ...
Oct. 3, 2024 The study blends math, statistics and biology to show that this long-held hyperbolic pattern is an anomaly because it doesn't account for the fact that all species on earth are defined as much ...
Oct. 2, 2024 A new study challenges the hypothesis that 'puppy dog eyes' evolved exclusively in dogs as a result of ...
Sep. 25, 2024 The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of palaeontologists has led to a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of ...
Sep. 25, 2024 Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years. The research suggests a new ...
Sep. 24, 2024 Analyzing fossils can be difficult -- especially when they're so small that they can only be seen with a microscope. Researchers have now come up with a ...
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- How Playing Songs to Darwin's Finches Helped Biologists Confirm Link Between Environment and the Emergence of New Species
- Early Human Species Benefited from Food Diversity in Steep Mountainous Terrain
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- Brazilian Fossils Reveal Jaw-Dropping Discovery in Mammal Evolution
- World's Oldest Cheese Reveals Origins of Kefir
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- Creature the Size of a Dust Grain Found Hiding in California's Mono Lake
- How Baleen Whales Have Adapted Over the Past 50 Million Years
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- Next Time You Beat a Virus, Thank Your Microbial Ancestors
- Life from a Drop of Rain: New Research Suggests Rainwater Helped Form the First Protocell Walls
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- Sea Level Changes Shaped Early Life on Earth, Fossil Study Reveals
- What Gave the First Molecules Their Stability?
- Half a Billion-Year-Old Spiny Slug Reveals the Origins of Mollusks
- Demographics of North African Human Populations Unravelled Using Genomic Data and Artificial Intelligence
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- Food Drove the Evolution of Giraffes' Long Neck
- How Sharks Survived a Major Spike in Earth's Temperature
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- A Unified Account of Darwinism's Varieties
- Bringing Back an Ancient Bird
- Scientists Uncover a Multibillion-Year Epic Written Into the Chemistry of Life
- How Killifish Embryos Use Suspended Animation to Survive Over 8 Months of Drought
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- On Repeat: Biologists Observe Recurring Evolutionary Changes, Over Time, in Stick Insects
- Entomologist Sheds Light on 250-Year-Old Mystery of the German Cockroach
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- Genetic Variant Identified That Shaped the Human Skull Base
- Interspecies Competition Led to Even More Forms of Ancient Human -- Defying Evolutionary Trends in Vertebrates