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Amazing diversity of shapes found among plankton-feeding fishes
Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2025
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The obstetrical dilemma: Large-scale study explores evolutionary trade-offs of wide vs. narrow hips
A team of integrative biologists at the University of Texas, Western Washington University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found that both wide and narrow hips provide women with certain physical benefits, ...
Strategic gene placement in bacteria offers insights into evolutionary success
Bioinformaticians from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the university in Linköping (Sweden) have established that the genes in bacterial genomes are arranged in a meaningful order. In the journal Science, ...
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Apr 10, 2025
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Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say
An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.
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Apr 10, 2025
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Fulani: New study unravels the genetic history of Africa's largest pastoralist community
The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan.
Evolution
Apr 10, 2025
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Animals are adapting to coexist with humans. But how?
Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine.
Evolution
Apr 9, 2025
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Six ape species' genomes sequenced telomere-to-telomere, providing open-access reference for human evolution studies
Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of their genomes previously inaccessible ...
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Apr 9, 2025
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Discovery of rare DNA marker in plants challenges previous assumptions
Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers led by Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2025
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Jurassic fossil sheds light on evolutionary origins of thorny-headed worms
A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old Daohugou Biota in Inner ...
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Apr 9, 2025
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Genomic study provides snapshots of mammoth diversity throughout the last million years
A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a million years, providing new insights into the evolutionary history of these animals.
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Apr 9, 2025
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Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution enigma, solving a 100-year arthropod mystery
For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite frequent mentions in research ...
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Apr 8, 2025
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Scientists unveil evolutionary conservation and innovation in mammalian hypothalamus development
The hypothalamus is a small but critical region at the base of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system, regulates body temperature, signals hunger and thirst, exerts hormonal control over the pituitary gland, ...
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Apr 8, 2025
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Flex appeal: The trade-off between armor and efficiency in sea turtle shells
When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These sleek, streamlined shells ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2025
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Multiple antibiotic resistance is auxiliary to bacterial fitness and adaptability, study shows
Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology ...
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Apr 7, 2025
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Reptiles in open habitats display brighter colors, study finds
Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter coloration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study, published in Nature Communications, suggests ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 7, 2025
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How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
Bacteria are the most diverse organisms on Earth, with a number of species that's difficult to quantify. They're also incredibly old
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Apr 5, 2025
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Battle of the sex chromosomes: How competition affects X vs. Y sperm fitness
In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next generation. Genes influence fitness, sometimes competing against each other within an organism.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Bonobos combine calls in similar ways to human language, study finds
Bonobos—our closest living relatives—create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of humans.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2025
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Molecular clock analysis shows bacteria used oxygen long before widespread photosynthesis
Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely fossilize. Determining when exactly a particular group of microbes first appeared is especially hard. ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Bizarre-looking dinosaur challenges what we know about the evolution of fingers
Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just funny-looking fossils. As my team's new research published in Royal Society Open Science shows, they can help ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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