When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...
Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say.
In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.
If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...
An international, multi-university research team, including scientists from Columbus State University, has unearthed a ...
As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...
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The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity. Origins The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.
New results from an international team including UBC astrophysicists highlight the first black hole observed to be spinning ...
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