evolution
Researchers observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life
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The average body size of humans has fluctuated over the last million years and is strongly linked to temperature
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Knowing how and why proteins evolved could help scientists understand and engineer the activity of proteins
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Fruit flies have found at least two solutions to the problem of sorting their sex chromosomes
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Researchers identify molecular factors that enable birds to fly, but keep the rest of us on terra firma
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The researchers say their findings have implications for the treatment of viruses in the future
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The new species, named Pluridens serpentis, had long, slender jaws with over a hundred sharp, fanglike teeth to grab small prey like fish and squid
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This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary rocks formed in a shallow, tropical-subtropical sea during the Upper Jurassic
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Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, health
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Many variant strains were shown to be present before the first known cases identified in China
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