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Life

Need a new metabolic pathway? Steal a few genes

Stolen genes explain how microbe came by a new metabolic pathway

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Polygamy boosts mouse sperm fitness

Earth

Polygamy boosts mouse sperm fitness

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New dinosaur adds to the mystery of Triassic Park

Life

New dinosaur adds to the mystery of Triassic Park

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Neanderthals' ugly faces weren't adaptations to cold

Life

Neanderthals' ugly faces weren't adaptations to cold

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Metamorphosis key to creating stable walking robots

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Metamorphosis key to creating stable walking robots

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Hipster bird species evolving to tune out urban sounds

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Hipster bird species evolving to tune out urban sounds

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Ammonites' strict diet doomed them to extinction

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Ammonites' strict diet doomed them to extinction

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Ancient genomes suggest Africa has two elephant species

Life

Ancient genomes suggest Africa has two elephant species

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Oxygen crash led to Cambrian mass extinction

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Cluster model shows how first cells could have divided

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Cluster model shows how first cells could have divided

Biochemists have come up with model of a protocell which displays a rudimentary form of cell division, one of the key transitions in the history of life

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Uncertainty principle: How evolution hedges its bets

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Life

New genes needed for survival too

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The evolutionary burst that made Earth oxygen-rich

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Living dinosaurs: When did modern birds evolve?

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