Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones todayheadline
Exposure to hormones in utero could affect human brain growthPeter Dazeley/Getty Images The human brain is one of the most ...
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Were Hominins in Europe 6 Million Years Ago? Footprint Find Sparks Debate todayheadline
Footprints that stroll through a patchy area of Grecian beach 6 million years ago has caused researchers to rethink the ...
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Fossils Show That These Ancient Frog Families Split Apart at Least 55 Million Years Ago todayheadline
Australia and South America weren’t always so separate. At one time, many millions of years ago, these two continents were ...
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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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