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Study Suggests Animals May Have Evolved 200 Million Years Earlier

By combining new taphonomic data from the Kheseen Biota with older geological calibration points, researchers recalibrated molecular clocks and produced much older dates for the origin of crown-group animals.

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New Four‑Winged Dinosaur Norellraptor Barsboldi Shows Flight Evolved Independently

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Salk Toolkit Targets Nearly All Octopamine and Tyramine Neurons in Fruit Fly Brain

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Study Links Bat Immune Gene Duplications to Longevity and Cancer Resistance

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Scientists Identify 13 Fatty Acids That Serve as Cats’ Urine ID Tags

Evolutionary Biology

Study Suggests Animals May Have Evolved 200 Million Years Earlier

New Four‑Winged Dinosaur Norellraptor Barsboldi Shows Flight Evolved Independently

Butterfly Wings Use Motion Illusions to Foil Predators

Two New Contenders Emerge for World’s Loudest Bird

Two New Sea Spider Species Described in the Salish Sea

Study Finds Forebrain and Hindbrain Start From Two Separate Progenitors

Early Homo Had Largely Abandoned Tree‑Climbing by 1.8 Million Years Ago

Diplodocus Found in Spain Is First Confirmed Outside North America

Proteins Identify Multiple Denisovan Bones and Tools at Bianfu Cave

Scans Show Spider‑Tipped Viper’s ‘Spider’ Is Skin Not Bone

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Proteins Identify Denisovan Bones and Tools at Bianfu Cave

Young Chimpanzees Develop Population-Specific Vocal Dialects

Scientists Publish First Complete Connectome of an Adult Male Fruit Fly

Thylacine Skull Shows Unique Bite Adaptation, Not a Wolf‑Like Predator

New Studies Recast Thylacine as Small‑Prey Pouncer, Not Wolf‑Like Predator

Capuchin Monkeys Hunt More Small Vertebrates When Fruit Runs Low

New 324‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Rewrites How Insects Moved Onto Land

Salk Toolkit Targets Nearly All Octopamine and Tyramine Neurons in Fruit Fly Brain

Study Links Bat Immune Gene Duplications to Longevity and Cancer Resistance

Scientists Identify 13 Fatty Acids That Serve as Cats’ Urine ID Tags

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