Brain imprints in fossil skulls of the species Australopithecus afarensis (famous for “Lucy”, and the “Dikika child” from Ethiopia pictured here in frontal and lateral…
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The original complete skull (without mandible) of a 1,8 million years old Paranthropus robustus (SK-48 Swartkrans (26°00’S 27°45’E), Gauteng,), discovered in South Africa. Collection of…
(Click for full view.) A new feathered dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 67 million years ago is one of the last known surviving raptor…
A new feathered dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 67 million years ago is one of the last known surviving raptor species, according to a…
Biologist Kenneth M. Olsen tends rice in the Jeanette Goldfarb Plant Growth Facility at Washington University in St. Louis. Credit: Joe Angeles/Washington University A new…
Artist’s rendering of Ikaria wariootia. Credit: Sohail Wasif/UCR A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian. A team…
Scenic Christmas Island shot. Credit: The University of Queensland The world’s animal distribution map will need to be redrawn and textbooks updated, after researchers discovered…
[embedded content] An ancient fossil found in Canada reveals new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil…
It starts with a gradual buildup of trust, study finds. We humans can explain how our relationships with college roommates and co-workers have formed over…
No Evidence COVID-19 Coronavirus Was Genetically Engineered in a Lab – Epidemic Has a Natural Origin
No Evidence COVID-19 Coronavirus Was Genetically Engineered in a Lab – Epidemic Has a Natural Origin
Electron microscopy photo of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Scripps Research’s analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the…
This image shows a fold (shape) that may have been one of the earliest proteins in the evolution of metabolism. Credit: Vikas Nanda/Rutgers University Rutgers…
The rock is composed mainly of the mineral olivine. These oldest preserved mantle rocks of the Earth provide new evidence that water and other elements…
Photograph taken by a camera trap of a western lowland gorilla in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Credit: Germán Illera of SPAC Scientific…
Turtle ant soldiers defend the entrance of their nests with elaborate armors: their heads. Credit: Scott Powell, George Washington University Turtle ant soldiers look like…
Hawaiian bobtail squid. Two genetic factors that control the expression of a key gene required by the luminescent bacteria that inhabit the squid’s light organs…
Cuttlefish wearing red and blue glasses. Credit: R. Feord / University of Minnesota 3D movies reveal how cuttlefish determine distance when striking at prey. While…
General morphology of retouched shell tools, Figs C-L are from the Pigorini Museum. Credit: Villa et al., 2020 Neandertals collected clam shells and pumice from…
Daphnia (zooplankton) carrying a resting egg. Credit: Dieter Ebert (CC BY-SA 4.0) Why do predators sometimes lay dormant eggs — eggs which are hardy, but…
(Click for full view.) Uncovering new corals on the GBR. Credit: Andrew Bird/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Scientists discovered dozens of new…
Using dental microwear texture analysis on from a 28,500-year-old fossil site, researchers found evidence of of early-stage domestication of dogs. Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from…