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From single cells to complex creatures: New study points to origins of animal multicellularity

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange themselves into a variety ...

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Bolg amondol: New monstersaur reveals complex evolutionary history of giant Gila monster relatives

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah, United States, reveals a surprising diversity of large lizards at the pinnacle of the age of ...

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Jumping genes unite: How transposons cluster together through local genome unfolding

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons—short DNA sequences capable of relocating within the genome. They "jump" from one place to another, not uniformly ...

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The first ancient flying reptiles were winners of increasing Triassic humid environments

Pterosaurs, which dominated the skies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, first evolved to take to the air in warm and humid conditions during the Late Triassic, a new study suggests.

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Earthworms reveal an evolutionary mechanism that could defy Darwin

In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the fossil record offered no missing links: the intermediate forms which ...

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Size matters: Sharks follow two-thirds scaling law, proving theory

A new study has used cutting-edge 3D modeling to confirm that sharks follow the "two-thirds scaling law" almost perfectly, with the discovery set to help reshape how we understand biology across the animal kingdom.

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Before dispersing out of Africa, humans likely had to learn to thrive in diverse habitats

Today, all non-Africans are known to have descended from a small group of people that ventured into Eurasia around 50,000 years ago. However, fossil evidence shows that there were numerous failed dispersals before this time ...

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Key evidence links Harbin individual's nearly complete skull to Denisovan lineage

Despite their genetic contributions to present-day East Asians and Oceanians, what Denisovans looked like has remained an open question since their discovery 15 years ago.

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50 years after 'Jaws,' researchers have retired the man-eater myth and revealed more about sharks' amazing biology

The summer of 1975 was the summer of "Jaws."

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