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Children and monkeys share common understanding of geometry
Ancestral variation, not new mutations, may impact survival of species facing climate change
Neanderthals may have been just as smart as modern human peers
Scientists just discovered a lost branch of Australia’s marsupials
A Lost Human Lineage May Have Left a Genetic Legacy in People Today
Scientists Catch a “Jumping Gene” Moving Between Species
In a Scientific First, Researchers Recovered Ancient DNA That Humans Left Behind on Rock Art and Cave Walls
Tiny Jurassic bird reveals a key step in bird evolution
Wolves around the world have evolved different skull shapes—humans are also shaping their evolution
Cave finds reveal modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared long-term cultural continuity
Human Evolution: Bigger Brains, Smaller Faces
Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal
Hobbit-like humans may have scavenged Komodo dragons’ leftovers to survive
Ancient gum disease may have helped reshape jaws before human brains expanded
Childbirth is not uniquely difficult to humans
Baby fossils reveal link between human and Neanderthal development
First-ever protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds zero male markers
New Study Challenges Long-Held Idea that Our Ancestors Simply Got Bigger Over Time
125-million-year-old fossil reveals 'pregnant' shellfish
Scientists discover ancient neurons that control attention
The first primates may have evolved in the cold, not the tropics
Corrected microbial family tree offers statistically sound model for how earliest life forms evolved
Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years
First-Ever Photographs of Cozumel’s Elusive Dwarf Fox, One of the Rarest Canids in the World
A lack of sex held back life’s diversity for millions of years
Genomes from Oceania offer new clues to human evolution
Human evolution was messy and gradual, not an abrupt revolution, argues archaeologist
Chimpanzees react negatively to unfairness, especially when close partners are nearby
Savanna chimpanzees use tools for capturing and feeding on army ants, study shows
Why studying how the immune system evolves could teach us much about evolution
The role of insects in the diet of our ancestors
The oldest hominin footprints ever found are at risk of destruction, researchers warn
62-Million-Year-Old Egyptian Fossil Site Reveals the Early Rise of Modern Fish, Soon After the Dinosaur Extinction
Trace fossils constrain the perceptual ranges of the earliest motile animals
Orangutans breastfeed their young for six and a half years, the longest among mammals
Helpful Mutations May Be Surprisingly Common
Researchers' findings could justify greater protections for an Everglades critter
100,000-Year-Old Bones in Ethiopia May Point to the Earliest Human Cremation
Tiny fossils found in 1.7-billion‑year‑old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life
Emergence of new cavefish species challenges evolutionary dead-end idea
Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution
the Mystery of South Africa’s Tiny Leopards
Neanderthals gathered shellfish using the same strategies as modern humans, study finds
WHEN LIFE FROZE - Secrets of Snowball Earth ~ DR MAXWELL LECHTE
Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk
Humans in the Andes Evolved a Defense Against Arsenic After Being Exposed to Poisoned Water for Thousands of Years
Cacti are evolving shockingly fast and scientists just learned why
archaeologists have discovered evidence of a sophisticated dental procedure
Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today
Fossil teeth from China uncover 400,000-year-old H. erectus ties to Denisovans
Paranthropus robustus from southern Africa combined upright walking and more frequent climbing than the older Australopithecus in the same region
'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legs
Mothers May Hold The Secret to Human Longevity. Here's Why.
Modern experiments suggest rhino teeth may have been part of Neanderthal toolkits
Gut bacteria reveal hidden evolutionary lineages tied to aging and disease
Neanderthal infants grew twice as fast as modern humans, study finds
Evolution has reused the same genes for 120 million years, study shows
THE STORY OF BIRDS - The Dinosaurs That Live Among Us ~ with STEVE BRUSATTE