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Evolution

A ring finger locked in a bent position as seen in Dupuytren's disease, colloquially known as the "Viking disease."

“Viking disease” hand disorder may come from Neandertal genes

Categories Health
Very young chimp reaching out its hand. Credit Durham University.

Development of communication in chimpanzees echoes that of human infants

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
An adult male black and white snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti).

Asian Monkeys in the Cold Evolve for Survival

Categories Life & Non-humans
Scientists have long debated whether comb jellies (left) or sponges (right) are the sister group to all other animals. A detailed comparison of the chromosomes of these and other animals to the chromosomes of three single-celled non-animal groups finally resolves the question. (Photos courtesy of MBARI)

What did the earliest animals look like?

Categories Life & Non-humans
The realllly long neck of a brontosaurus

How Sauropods Achieved Their Record-breaking Sizes

Categories Life & Non-humans
Modern human and Neanderthal skulls, showing difference in nasal height. Courtesy of Dr, Kaustubh Adhikari, UCL.

Neanderthal noses influence human honkers

Categories Life & Non-humans
Bee flying mid-air

Buzzworthy Research Suggests Insect Brains May Help Us Understand Our Own

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
Mudskipper CREDIT Georgia Tech

Mudskippers could be key to understanding evolution of blinking

Categories Life & Non-humans
Spiderweb with dew in the morning

Orb weaver spider glue properties evolve faster than their glue genes

Categories Life & Non-humans
Gossip illustration

Gossip influences who gets ahead in different cultures

Categories Social Sciences

Origin of Life: Unsolved or Unsolvable?

Categories Bloggers
Plant being recorded

Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from over a meter away

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics
A real fly (right) lands on a daisy petal next to the fake fly (left)

Deceptive daisy’s ability to create fake flies explained

Categories Life & Non-humans
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