Evolution
How a Faint Magnetic Pulse May Have Jumpstarted Evolution 600 Million Years Ago
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Research suggests that the unusual state of Earth’s magnetic field during the Ediacaran Period could have significantly influenced the development of complex ...
A New Study Shakes Up Ecological Theories
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Nanuqsaurus, standing in the background, and pachyrhinosaurus, skull in the foreground, were among the dinosaur species included in a new study led ...
New Jurassic Fossils Reveal That Our Hearing Evolved From Reptilian Jawbones
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Recent paleontological research has unveiled crucial insights into the evolution of hearing in early mammals, marking a significant advancement in our understanding ...
How a DNA Anomaly Misled Scientists for Centuries
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New research reveals that a long-overlooked genetic anomaly in birds has significantly altered our understanding of their evolutionary lineage, demonstrating that the ...
New Family Tree Revises Our Understanding of Bird Evolution
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By Center for Evolutionary & Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University April 3, 2024 A groundbreaking study employing full genome-scale data has revolutionized ...
Unlocking the Secrets of Life With RNA’s Ancient Code
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New findings from the Salk Institute provide strong evidence for the RNA World hypothesis, revealing an RNA enzyme that accurately replicates and ...
Unlocking Human Brain Evolution – Neuroscience News
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Summary: Researchers made a significant discovery in the study of human brain evolution, identifying epiregulin as a key factor in the expansion ...
New Crocodile Ancestor Discovered in Texas Reveals Secrets of Armor Evolution
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An artist’s interpretation of the newly identified aetosaur Garzapelta mueller. Credit: Márcio L. Castro Researchers identified a new aetosaur species, Garzapelta muelleri, ...
Will these reprogrammed elephant cells ever make a mammoth?
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Woolly mammoths’ closest living relatives are Asian elephants, which could be genetically engineered to have mammoth-like traits.Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via ...
Oldest known animal sex chromosome evolved in octopuses 380 million years ago
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The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) has one or two copies of chromosome 17, depending on its sex.Credit: Norbert Wu/Minden Pictures via ...
