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Latest Mind-boggling Discoveries in the Evolution of Life on Earth
No one is sure exactly when certain Earthly creatures diverged from the rest of the tree of life.
Crabby bodies are so evolutionarily favorable, they've evolved at least five different times. So why does this process, known as carcinization, keep …
Strange sea creatures called ctenophores have a fused nerve net where scientists expected to see synapses. Did they evolve their nervous system …
New species can form astonishingly quickly — or the process can take eons. Geographic barriers can lead to new species over tens of millions of years, …
Is this a "Planet of the Apes" situation? Chimpanzees are one of nature's most adept tool-users Humans are pretty unique among life on Earth. As far as …
