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evolution
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Why do animals have tails?
Dogs use their tails to communicate. Eastimages/Moment via Getty Images Michael A. Little, Binghamton University, State University of…
Should We Rewrite the “Tree of Life?”
Evolutionary research points to all multicellular organisms branching out almost close to the bottom of the so-called “tree…
Here’s 5 Picks of the Past With PBS Eons
It may not look like it at first glance, but YouTube has proven itself time and time again…
Even Darwin Had His Off Days—He Missed Evolutionary Evidence That’s Right In Front Of Him
In one of his stops during his trip around the world, famed naturalist Charles Darwin stumbled upon an…
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
Extremes of the colour gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen…
Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins
Neanderthal adult male, based on 40,000 year-old remains found at Spy in Belgium. IR Stone/Shutterstock Penny Spikins, University…
Humans evolved with their microbiomes – like genes, your gut microbes pass from one generation to the next
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus Taichi A.…
A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction – new research
An artist’s impression of the Pantolambda bathmodon H Sharpe, Author provided Gregory Funston, The University of Edinburgh Sixty-two…
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
Kate Trinajstic, Curtin University and John Long, Flinders University In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region,…
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth
Artist: Tom Björklund / Moesgård Museum, Author provided Peter C. Kjærgaard, University of Copenhagen; Mark Maslin, UCL, and…