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Arctic seals have weird bones in their noses that help them stay warm

Maze-like bones in the noses of Arctic seals turn out to be an adaptation for keeping warm in chilly conditions

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A bearded seal on the ice in Svalbard

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The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

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Why are there no flightless bats? We're closing in on an answer

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Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) crawling at Buffalo Zoo, USA. Captivity.

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Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionary design flaws

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Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

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Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun like plants do

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Adult patiria starfish

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Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both

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FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Eve, 1896, by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1896), pastel and gouache, 49x46 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); . (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

From sexism's "benefits" to mothers' role in creating culture, Cat Bohannon rethinks the role of women in Eve: How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution

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Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

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Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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Sea life in the Ordovician period

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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