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human evolution

mountain-yellow frogs being translocated

Life

California frog reintroduction is rare victory against fungal pandemic

The success of a 15-year project to help frogs in California’s Sierra Nevada suggests some amphibian species could be rescued from a devastating fungal disease by evolution – and a little human help

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A bearded seal on the ice in Svalbard

Life

Arctic seals have weird bones in their noses that help them stay warm

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Humans

The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

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Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) crawling at Buffalo Zoo, USA. Captivity.

Life

Why are there no flightless bats? We're closing in on an answer

Features

Health

Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionary design flaws

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Humans

Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

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The caudate nuclei, parts of the brain affected by Huntington's disease

Health

Mutation behind Huntington's linked to higher childhood intelligence

Analysis

Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Humans

How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

Features

Life

Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun like plants do

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Adult patiria starfish

Life

Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

Gene expression patterns in starfish reveal a surprising answer to the question of how they evolved their unusual body shape

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Life

Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both

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Comment

Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

Culture

Life

Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

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Humans

Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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