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A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years
While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...
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Unlocking the genetic basis of adaptive evolution: study reveals complex chromosomal rearrangements in a stick insect
Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...
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All life on Earth comes from one single ancestor, now we know what it was
Researchers found LUCA, our earliest common ancestor, lived 4.2 billion years ago. It had a complex biology, affecting its ...
An evolutionary algorithmic phase transition 2.6 billion years ago may have sparked the emergence of eukaryotic cells
An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...
Early British lizard relative among the first known to climb trees
The life of a 166-million-year-old reptile has been turned upside down. While Marmoretta oxoniensis was believed to have swum ...
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 ...
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Tree Man Syndrome Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
Tree man syndrome, or epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), is a rare, incurable skin disorder that makes people highly susceptible to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The disease can lead to ...
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14 Fast-Growing Shade Trees To Plant Now
They shoot up quickly and are pretty year-round. This tree grows 60 feet tall and 40 feet wide with a loosely pyramidal shape. It boasts silvery bark and three-lobed leaves that turn bright yellow, ...
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Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene
In this important study, the authors reconstruct the evolutionary history of a large and widespread ... The topologies of BI and ML trees were congruent. The values at the basal nodes correspond to ...
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Reconstructing the evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene
Time tree of the evolutionary history of Nemacheilidae: The figure presents the evolutionary history of Nemacheildae, highlighting the dating of key geological or climatic key paleo-events that might ...
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Scientists sound alarm about phenomenon observed in trees across the Western US: 'A lot of value to humans'
Trees play a major role in your life, from your morning walks to shading your house from the sun. Unfortunately, warming temperatures, wildfires, insects, and disease are wiping trees out faster than ...
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Historic tree to be cut down at the White House over safety concerns
The magnolia planted on the South Lawn by President Andrew Jackson is seen at left as President Joe Biden, from left, and first lady Jill Biden, joined by surviving families of service members, hold ...