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Times Humans Changed The Evolution Of Animals
There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution ...
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From nature to knapping: The surprising origins of stone tools
Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.
How “Wiggly Skulls” Helped Birds Evolve From Their Dinosaur Ancestors
D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...
A genetic tree as a movie: Moving beyond the still portrait of ancestry
University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...
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‘Ancestor Of All Animals’ Discovered In 555-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossils
University of California, RiversideMany experts didn’t think such tiny prehistoric fossils would ever be found. Fortunately, ...
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1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania rewrite the history of human evolution
The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence ...
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Before colonization, ‘Vancouver Island’ residents were wandering the mountains. So were the marmots
K’ómoks First Nation and the Marmot Recovery Foundation have been studying archeological remains that ...
Radioisotopic ages of newly discovered fossil sites hold clues to evolution of mammals
Anatolia, the western part of modern-day Turkey that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, is a fossil-rich ...