Evolution

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For the first time, researchers have reconstructed the 3D structure of ancient genetic material, in this case from a 52,000-year-old mammoth

Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way

Cuckoos are “nest pirates” that lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, setting off an evolutionary arms race that leads to the development of new species

A common species of cockroach hails from Asia, according to new research that tracks its spread around the globe

Ancestors of so-called soft corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living

A newly discovered genetic mechanism helped eliminate the tails of human ancestors

Snakes saw a burst of adaptation about 128 million years ago that led to them exploding in diversity and evolving up to three times faster than lizards

New research into the “stasis paradox” challenges the rules of evolution

A newly identified “chicken from hell” species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit

Scientists built a robotic dinosaur to terrify grasshoppers, all in hopes of understanding how truly pathetic wings could offer prehistoric animals an evolutionary advantage

“The anus was a prerequisite for intelligence” said one biologist