UV Light Helps Us Understand Why the Archaeopteryx Was Such a Good Flier todayheadline
Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. Although the first Archaeopteryx fossil was discovered more than ...
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Humans evolved to survive mild burns at the expense of severe ones todayheadline
Hominins have been using fire for various reasons for at least 1 million yearsSHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Mastering fire may ...
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The Woolly Mammoth’s Evolutionary History Over a Million Years Was a Complex Web todayheadline
The results of searching the family tree of the woolly mammoth have been surprising; it turns out the beasts we ...
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Dire Wolf De-Extinction Breeds Both Hope and Uncertainty todayheadline
The pursuit of de-extinction has broken new ground yet again, as three young wolves are carrying on the legacy of the ...
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Ancient wasp preserved in amber may have used its rear end to trap flies todayheadline
A specimen of Sirenobethylus charybdis preserved in amberQiong Wu An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used ...
Read moreDetailsStudy Reveals Venom Delivery Systems Hiding in Plants, Fungi, and Even Viruses todayheadline
A groundbreaking study published in the journal Toxins has uncovered a surprising reality: the biological world is teeming with venom ...
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How Can Seals Hold Their Breath for an Hour or More? todayheadline
If you could choose one superpower from the animal kingdom, many people might wish for the ability to breathe underwater. ...
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Leopard Dined on the Shortest-Ever Early Human Relative, 2 Million Years Ago todayheadline
Evidence of one of the smallest — and perhaps unluckiest — early human relatives has been found in South Africa, ...
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Humans Arose From Two Ancestral Populations That United 300,000 Years Ago todayheadline
The evolutionary path leading to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise ...
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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like todayheadline
Illustration of Arboroharamiya fuscus, a newly discovered Jurassic mammal species with dark furChuang Zhao, Ruoshuang Li While many dinosaurs and ...
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