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Humans Deemed Bigger Threat to Galapagos Than Volcanoes

By Peter R - May 26, 2015 02:59 PM EDT

The Wold Volcano on the islands archipelago erupted after three decades on Monday.

Men Aren't Useless Afterall: Males Linked to Extinction

By Peter R - May 20, 2015 11:36 AM EDT

A new study shows how sexual selection can triumph extinction in beetles.

Evolution Bungle? Panda Gut Better Suited for Meat Eating Not Bamboo, Study Finds

By Peter R - May 20, 2015 09:46 AM EDT

Pandas can only absorb 17 percent of the bamboo they consume and gut bacteria are better suited at digesting meat, the study found.

Snakes Prehistoric Ancestors Likely Evolved On Land; Had Toes And Feet

By Kamal Nayan - May 20, 2015 03:42 AM EDT

Snakes may have toes and feet and they likely evolved on land, according to a new study. The study added that the 3,400 modern species existing today may have the same prehistoric progenitor with real toes and ankles.

Scientists Create Hen with Dinosaur Snouts But Won't Call it Dino-Chicken

By Peter R - May 13, 2015 10:31 AM EDT

The beaks of chicken embryos reverted to their ancestral state after scientists tweaked facial gene expression.

Man's Microbe Evolutionary Ancestor 'Loki' Calls Atlantic Volcanos Home

By Peter R - May 07, 2015 08:42 PM EDT

An archaea, named Loki found in the depths of Atlantic, is being touted as the missing link between complex and simple life.

Fossils Show Size Variation in Early Humans, African Exodus Theory May be Revised

By Peter R - Mar 31, 2015 09:13 AM EDT

Early homo species varied in size as much as today's modern humans. The study shows large bodies homo species developed after early homo species migrated from Africa.

Collagen Helps Scientists Locate Darwin's Mysterious South American Beasts on Tree of Life

By Peter R - Mar 19, 2015 11:18 AM EDT

Toxodon and Macrauchenia, the mysterious South American ungulates that Darwin collected were found to be related to horses and rhinos.

Ancient Whale's Misadventure Tells Scientists How Bipedal Primates Came to Be

By Peter R - Mar 18, 2015 04:33 PM EDT

Researchers inferred from the beaked whale's fossil that it swam upstream to reached elevated waters.

Ocean Life Sizes Increased 150 Fold Over 542 Million Years, Courtesy Evolution

By Peter R - Feb 20, 2015 10:00 AM EST

A new study claims that evolution and not random drift, is favoring large life forms in the sea.

Darwin Proved Right Yet Again By Bacteria That Didn't Evolve

By Peter R - Feb 04, 2015 09:54 AM EST

Bacteria living in sediments below ocean floor have not evolved for 2.3 billion years.

Tools Invented Earlier Than Previously Thought: Australopithecus, Not Early Humans, Were the First to be Handy

By Peter R - Jan 23, 2015 10:38 AM EST

Humans were not the first users of tools, a new study finds after analysis of bone structure of Australopithecus fossil.

Shifting to Agriculture Made Human Bones Weak

By Peter R - Dec 25, 2014 03:24 PM EST

A new study claims that human bones became less dense as they shifted from foraging to farming.

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