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Trap-Jaw Mechanism Tells an Ant Story of Natural Selection

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 NINA PULLANO
evolution, insects, Research

The speedy mandibles of Strumigenys ants developed repeatedly throughout the world, explaining how evolution creates new abilities to help a species survive.

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Health 

People With Muscle Protein Gene Variant Found to Tolerate Cold Better

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
evolution, genetics, Weather

A new study suggests that a gene variant affecting skeletal muscle function may have protected humans against lower temperatures as they migrated from Africa to Europe more than 50,000 years ago.

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Health Science 

Scientists Replicate Potential Step in Fin-to-Limb Transition in Zebrafish

February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 CARSON McCULLOUGH
evolution, fish, genetics

A new study reports that by changing just a single gene in the zebrafish genetic code, researchers showed they could begin the creation of an entirely new set of bones and joints.

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Science 

New Clues Emerge in How Early Tetrapods Learned to Live — and Eat — on Land

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 MADELINE REYES
evolution, fossils, Research

New evidence from scientists at the University of Chicago shows exactly how the tiktaalik roseae, one of the first semi-aquatic organisms, fed itself using a similar feeding mechanism to modern predatory fish, filling in another blank about early water-to-land evolution.

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Science 

Skull of Tube-Crested Dinosaur Reveals Evolution of Bizarre Crest

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 DUSTIN MANDUFFIE
Dinosaurs, evolution, Research

A newly discovered dinosaur skull helped scientists understand the differences between species of Parasaurolophus — and may have finally revealed the purpose of the creature’s unique facial crest.

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Science 

Butterfly Species Sprays Mate With Anti-Aphrodisiac to Ward Off Competition

January 19, 2021January 20, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
butterfly, evolution, insects, sex

The anti-aphrodisiac the male Heliconius melponene sprays the female butterfly with after mating smells like flowers.

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Science 

Research Reveals Why Crocodiles Have Changed Little Since Age of Dinosaurs

January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 NATHAN SOLIS
Dinosaurs, evolution, Research

A giant meteor wiped out dinosaurs — and a good portion of life on Earth at the time. Yet crocodiles survived and continue to survive, relatively unchanged. Scientists think they know why.

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Science 

Pterosaur Precursors Found to Fill Gap in Early Evolutionary History

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
Dinosaurs, evolution

For 150 million years, pterosaurs reigned as the only creatures in the skies, their broad wings and elongated skulls creating a unique silhouette that has captured human imagination since their discovery in the 19th century.

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Science 

Darwin Was Right: Wind Causes Insects to Lose the Ability to Fly

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 MADELINE REYES
evolution, insects, Weather

The evolutionary debate has been raging for 160 years.

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Science 

Scientists Now Know How Insects Got Their Wings

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 AMANDA PAMPURO
evolution, insects

Turns out the truth is a combination of two theories with a bit of evolutionary help from early crustaceans.

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Science 

Evolutionary Explosion of Wood Warblers Took Distinct Paths

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 JON PARTON
birds, evolution

Scientists have unlocked the evolutionary secrets behind the wood warbler in an effort to understand why there are so many different species of the songbird, according to new research revealed Monday.

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Science 

Fossil Reveals ‘Buck-Toothed Toucan’ That Lived With Dinosaurs

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 DUSTIN MANDUFFIE
birds, Dinosaurs, evolution, fossils

The avian fossil, found in what is now Madagascar, offers insight into the evolution of the faces of modern birds.

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Criminal International Media 

Charles Darwin Notebooks ‘Stolen’ From Cambridge University

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
college, England, evolution, history, Publishing, theft

Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks containing his pioneering ideas on evolution and his famous “Tree of Life” sketch are missing, believed stolen, the Cambridge University Library said on Tuesday.

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Science 

Genome Comparison Tool Offers Insight on Evolution of Birds and Mammals

November 12, 2020November 13, 2020 CARSON McCULLOUGH
birds, evolution, genetics

In a trio of studies released Wednesday, scientists revealed major breakthroughs in the research of animal genomes — their most detailed look at vertebrate evolution yet.

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Science 

Indian Fossils Support New Hypothesis for Origin of Hoofed Animals

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 CARSON McCULLOUGH
evolution, fossils, horses, India

After over a decade of research and hundreds of new fossils recovered from the hot mines of India, researchers say they have uncovered new details regarding the evolutionary history of Earth’s most famous hoofed animals.

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Science 

Toothless Dinosaur’s Lost Finger Points to Spread of Parrot-Like Species

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 DUSTIN MANDUFFIE
birds, Dinosaurs, evolution

Birds are thought to be the modern-day remnants of dinosaurs, and a recently discovered toothless, two-fingered specimen is illuminating how a group of animals resembling parrots evolved during the late Cretaceous epoch.

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Environment International Science 

Andean ‘Sky Islands’ and Alpine Sunflowers at Risk of Disappearing Forever

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
Climate change, evolution, South America

Scientists in Colombia are using Charles Darwin’s work on evolution to understand an isolated ecosystem threatened by climate change: the Andes.

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Health Science 

Viral Infection Played Key Role in Evolution of Mammals

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 DANIEL CONRAD
animals, diseases, evolution, Research

No one ever wants to come down with a virus. But in the long haul, new research suggests, viruses play a major role in differentiating and fine-tuning mammals’ genomes — even to the benefit of species’ reproductive capacities.

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Science Technology 

Origin of Human Teeth Traced to Primitive Prehistoric Fish

July 9, 2020July 10, 2020 MADELINE REYES
evolution, fish, fossils, Research

The origin of our teeth has been traced back to over 400 million years ago when a mysterious species of fish first developed their prey-catching jaws, and in a study released Thursday, scientists report they have located and studied this creature in never-before-seen detail.

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Environment Science 

Hunting on Land May Have Helped Spur Brain Evolution

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 MADELINE REYES
evolution, Research, wildlife

New evidence in evolutionary science revealed Tuesday shows that land animals became smarter than their aquatic ancestors thanks to the complex landscapes they inhabited, allowing them to develop planning abilities that increased their survival rate.

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