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Chinese script evolves like a living organism, study finds
Chinese script is not just a tool for communication. It behaves like a living organism, evolving through a pro
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🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Monkey Feet Upend Fossil Clues to Human Evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can bend their feet in ways scientists thought only apes could, a discovery that t
🇺🇸 United States
Animal-Microbe Partnerships Predate Complex Life
The oldest known animal-microbe partnerships may be far older than the animals themselves. New research sugges
🇨🇳 China
324-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Insects' Amphibious First Steps
A newly discovered 324-million-year-old fossil suggests insects did not conquer land in a single dramatic leap
🇺🇸 United States
Why Humans Age Slower Than Mice: Protein Clues
The secret to why humans take years to grow up while mice are adults in weeks may lie in the speed at which ou
🇩🇪 Germany
Life on Earth may have started twice, new evidence suggests
Life on Earth may not have begun once, but twice. New evidence from an international team led by biologists at
🇦🇺 Australia
Male Redback Spiders Flip Into Their Own Deaths During Mating
In Australia, a male redback spider performs a somersault during mating that places his abdomen directly in fr
🇨🇦 Canada
Canadian fossils push animal origins back 10 million years
A remote fossil bed in Canada's Northwest Territories has yielded 567-million-year-old creatures that could mo
🌍 Ecuador
Galápagos Daisies Rewrite Evolution Playbook, Scientists Find
The Galápagos giant daisies did something that sounds impossible: they evolved the same heat-tolerant leaf sha
🇨🇳 China
Chinese fossil reveals birds lost dinosaur tails in stages
A fossil dug up in China shows that birds did not lose their dinosaur tails in one sudden evolutionary leap. I
🇮🇳 India
Genes reveal why some languages are so unusual
A new study suggests that the genetic history of a population can predict how unusual its language is. Researc
🇳🇴 Norway
Jellyfish Surgery Reveals Ancient Body Plan Secrets
Scientists in Norway have performed tissue transplants on comb jellies and found that these gelatinous creatur
🇮🇱 Israel
Sea Anemone Immune Discovery Flips Human Antiviral Strategy
A protein in sea anemones fights viruses by doing the opposite of what the human immune system does, and it wo
🇺🇸 United States
First primates may have evolved in cold North America, not tropics
The earliest primate ancestors may have been cold weather survivors, not tropical tree dwellers. A study publi
🇨🇳 China
Horses first evolved in America, not Asia, fossil DNA shows
The horse, an animal long tied to human civilization in Europe and Asia, actually first appeared on the other
🇪🇸 Spain
A Single Cell That Hints at How Animals First Came Together
A single celled organism that can clump together with its own kind is giving scientists a fresh glimpse into t
🇦🇶 Antarctica
380-million-year-old Antarctic fish skull reveals how animals first walked on land
A 380-million-year-old fish skull from Antarctica has revealed that some prehistoric fish were already equippe
