Evolutionary biology
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almut kelber
Why Aren’t There Mammals in Super Vivid Colors Like There Are Birds and Bugs?
Graphic: Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock, Getty Images) Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get…
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anthropology
‘Little Foot’ Skeleton Reveals Human Relative Who Swung Through Trees
A cast of Little Foot in 2005. It would take over a decade for the real thing to be fully…
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agneesh barua
There’s an Ancient Connection Between Our Saliva and Snake Venom
The Taiwan habu has venom glands that are rooted in a distant genetic past.Image: OIST/Steven Aird Humans and other mammals…
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7 ‘Extinct’ Species That Eventually Reappeared
Methuselah, the date palm resurrected from a 1,900-year-old seed.Image: Wikimedia Commons (Fair Use) We know, we know. It’s not fauna.…
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anthropology
What Fossilized Hand Says About Last Human and Chimpanzee Ancestor
Ardipithecus ramidus skull in National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain.Photo: Tiia Monto More than 1 million years before the…
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