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Tag: Evolution (Biology)

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How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

September 17, 2025September 18, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

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Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.

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How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

August 25, 2025August 26, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.

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How the Cockroach Took Over the World

May 20, 2024Sofia QuagliaComments Off on How the Cockroach Took Over the World

A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen.

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What’s Next for the Coronavirus?

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on What’s Next for the Coronavirus?

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid.

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For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024Emily AnthesComments Off on For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm

Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests.

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Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests

The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t convinced by the analysis.

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From Alpacas to Yaks, Mammal DNA Yields Its Secrets

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023Emily AnthesComments Off on From Alpacas to Yaks, Mammal DNA Yields Its Secrets

The genomes of monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals are helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog.

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Happy Birthday, Omicron

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Happy Birthday, Omicron

One year after the variant’s discovery, virologists are still scrambling to keep up with Omicron’s rapid evolution.

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Cracking the Case of the Giant Fern Genome

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022Oliver WhangComments Off on Cracking the Case of the Giant Fern Genome

Scientists have sequenced complete fern genomes for the first time, to learn why the plants have twice as much DNA as humans.

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