Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...
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The ancestor of modern ducks and geese may have waddled alongside the dinosaurs
The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...
Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Rewriting History: New Discovery Reveals Hominins Left Africa 200,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought
New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...
Newly discovered fungus turns cave-dwelling spiders into ‘zombies’
Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing them and using their corpses to spread.
Why this Jurassic bird fossil from China might rewrite evolutionary history
The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds ...
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Scientists Discover 'Groundbreaking' Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that ...