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Flat-Faced Early Humans Confirmed—Lived Among Other Human Species
New fossils recast a flat-faced oddity as a star species in the first chapter of the human story—perhaps even...
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Apes and Olympians Celebrate the Same Way
Fist pumps, hands in the air and jumping up and down, seen at every event at the Olympics, turn...
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Genes Tell Intricate Tale of Jewish Diaspora
A new genetic map paints a comprehensive picture of the 2,000 or so years in which different Jewish groups...
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Genetic Data, Fossil Evidence Tell Differing Tales of Human Origins
After decades of digging, paleoanthropologists looking for fossilized human bones have established a reasonably clear picture: Modern humans arose...
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Evolving Towards Murder: The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman
From David Barash’s post, The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman, in reaction to the tragedy in Colorado,...
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Actinobacteria as the Base of the Evolutionary Tree
Ever since Darwin first published The Origin of the Species, scientists have been striving to identify a last universal...
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Predictable Evolution: Different Insects, Same Adaptations
The famous biologist Stephen J. Gould once asked: If we rerun the tape of life, would the outcome of...
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And the Race Is on: Unlocking the Secrets of Aging
A race to unlock genetic clues behind living to 100 is set to begin next year, after a US...
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Sex Drives Chromosome Evolution
Given the dramatic difference in the size and sequence of the human X and Y chromosomes, it’s hard to...
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Polar Bears, Brown Bears Interbreed to Cope With Climate Change
Polar and brown bears diverged between 4 million and 5 million years ago, but they continued to interbreed when...