The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t convinced by the analysis.
Tag: Evolution (Biology)
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This Gecko’s Camouflage Is So Good, It Masqueraded as Another Species
A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative.
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505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found
The specimens are evidence of how little the squishy, tentacled predators have changed over the history of life on Earth.
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An Evolutionary Debate on the Risks of Childbirth
Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky.
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The Birds Are Singing, but Not for Me
Evolution’s curse of creeping deafness changes how a biologist experiences nature.