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5 days, 21 hours ago

Birds got their feathers from dinosaurs: How evolution defied extinction

Feathers, among the most intricate appendages in the animal kingdom, have long fascinated scientists regarding their evolutionary origins. Recent research suggests that feathers likely evolved from simpler structures known as proto-feathers, which emerged around 200 million years ago in certain dinosaurs. The transition from proto-feathers to functional feathers indicates significant evolutionary pressures favoring modifications in response to environmental demands. Despite …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Are you impatient? Blame it on evolution

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Do you not like waiting for your food? A recent research proposes that our evolutionary history shaped our impatience In today's day and age, nobody likes to wait and would rather pay extra than waiting. In most studies of choice over time, people display high levels of impatience even in settings where risk is all but eliminated, and when it …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Fossils attest to sea creatures' evolutionary boom during Cambrian period

China Daily

Visitors at the Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, held at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing. WANG QIAN/CHINA DAILY At the ongoing exhibition, Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, visitors …

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4 weeks ago

In the midst of a coup, can we create dialogue and heal division? Kurt Gray says yes

Salon

The midst of a coup might not seem like the best time to publish a book on creating dialogue. Our evolutionary past makes us worry about harm, but people today disagree about which threats are most important or most real, creating moral outrage and political disagreements.” His book, he adds, covers three big ideas, first, “why harm drives our minds,” …

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1 month ago

Painter gifts evolutionary works to Shanghai exhibition

China Daily

Xu Xiaoguo's ongoing exhibition Las Ruinas Circularesat Long Museum's West Bund venue in Shanghai is his gift to the metropolis since relocating to Beijing 17 years ago. Xu Xiaoguo lived and worked in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, where he was born and raised, then in Shanghai for eight years, before moving to Beijing in 2008 to continue his passion for painting. …

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1 month ago

Painter gifts evolutionary works to Shanghai exhibition

China Daily

Xu Xiaoguo's ongoing exhibition Las Ruinas Circularesat Long Museum's West Bund venue in Shanghai is his gift to the metropolis since relocating to Beijing 17 years ago. Xu Xiaoguo lived and worked in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, where he was born and raised, then in Shanghai for eight years, before moving to Beijing in 2008 to continue his passion for painting. …

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1 month ago

Evolution of intelligent life on earth may not have been so unlikely

The Hindu

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nilgiri Tahr: A sheep in goat’s clothing

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: In a pioneering study conducted by researchers at the Advanced Institute of Wildlife Conservation, the evolutionary history of the Nilgiri Tahr has been examined at the molecular level for the first time. While the Arabian and Himalayan tahrs share closer genetic ties with goats, the Nilgiri Tahr is more closely related to sheep. The Arabian Tahr was the first …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica, offers new evolutionary clues

Hindustan Times

A fossil unearthed in Antarctica has provided evidence of the oldest known modern bird—a species closely related to today’s waterfowl and roughly the size of a mallard duck. A fossil found in Antarctica revealed Vegavis iaai as the oldest known modern bird. One of the most fascinating aspects revealed by the new fossil was the bird’s jaw musculature, which was …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rare leopard fossils show unique evolutionary path

China Daily

This file photo taken by an infrared camera shows a snow leopard in the Mount Qomolangma reserve area in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. An international research team has revealed the snow leopard's unique evolutionary path by studying rare snow leopard fossils discovered across the Eurasian continent. By combining DNA sequences with morphological data, they determined that the fossilized snow …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Long-term Review: An evolutionary upgrade that might get better with time

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Pros: - Excellent build and finish with IP68 ingress protection - Great cameras all round - Sharp and vibrant 120 Hz LTPO OLED display - Smooth and clean Android experience - 7 years of software updates promised - A bunch of AI feature with more expected over time - Improved battery backup - Good overall performance Cons: - Slow charging; …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealing the bite: We finally know how jaws evolved in snakes and lizards

India Today

A new study from the University of Bristol has revealed insights into the evolution of jaw shapes in lizards and snakes, the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species. Led by a team of evolutionary biologists, the study found that the evolution of jaw shape in lepidosaurs is shaped by a complex interplay of factors beyond mere …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

New research reveals key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries

Raw Story

What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions? In new research, we found that a propensity for dormancy may affect the balance of competition between species, and make it possible for more species to survive together when environments change. In our research we focus on a particular kind of dormancy in animals called diapause, in which organisms …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Love, friendship and AI: Could Artificial Companions replace real relationships?

Hindustan Times

In a future shaped by artificial intelligence, humanity's evolution sparks intense debate. However, like social media, AI could shift to a parasitic role, exploiting attention and emotional reactions, which might impact human evolution. One notable development is "artificial intimacy," where AI technologies mimic human social behaviours like friendship and relationships. While AI's immediate impact on individual lives is the primary …

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4 months ago

Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted

Salon

The bones they found in the sand were a clue that something more was buried beneath the surface. But these remarkably preserved footprints were the first to indicate that two different species of hominins — including Homo erectus, which is a direct ancestor to humans, and Paranthropus boisei, which was a different species that also descended from the ape ancestor …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Should you sleep with your baby or give separate room? Co-sleeping influences sleep behaviour across ages

Hindustan Times

Co-sleeping trends vary widely across cultures, moulding their trends by cultural expectations. A study published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution found that animals sleeping in groups show similar sleep patterns shaped by those around them, like mice in groups syncing their rapid eye movements. In contrast, Western societies often emphasise self-reliance in young children and express concerns about Sudden …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Testosterone and Friendly Behaviour: A Scientific Exploration of Men's Misinterpretations

Hindustan Times

A new study sheds light on the tendency of men to misinterpret women's friendly behaviour as flirting. The researchers studied a group of 190 heterosexual men aged 18 to 40 and found that testosterone plays a significant role in this behaviour. The study suggests that testosterone increases the sensitivity to friendly gestures only in men who know they are somewhat …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Revolt of the capybaras: Have these large rodents taken over — or reclaimed what's theirs?

Salon

Has social revolution spread to Argentina? The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.” When he wasn’t eating sleek brown rodents himself — probably the twenty pound agouti, which Darwin regarded as “the very best meat I ever tasted” — or collecting small tuco-tuco rodents as pets, the naturalist made important rodent fossil …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

From infants to adults: Evolutionary role, dangers of jealousy

New Indian Express

As an infant, my daughter wouldn’t let anyone have a conversation with me. Social scientists conducted an experiment with six-month-old babies where they exhibited jealousy towards a lifelike doll held by their mothers, as opposed to a book. My Doberman wouldn’t let anyone sit next to me, while my cat openly displayed her jealousy by slapping the other cat, which …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

DeepMind unveils virtual rat with artificial brain that is ‘evolutionary marvel’

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google’s AI division DeepMind has unveiled a groundbreaking computerised rat that is able …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Humble fern from New Caledonia boasts world's largest genome

The Hindu

New research shows that a fork fern species, called Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has a genome — all the genetic information of an organism — that is 7% larger than that of the previous record-holder, the Japanese flowering plant Paris japonica, and more than 50 times the size of the human genome. The metric for genome size was the number of base …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Researchers unravel evolutionary history of baobab trees

China Daily

WUHAN -- A collaborative effort between Chinese and international researchers has shed light on the evolutionary journey of baobab trees, pinpointing Madagascar as the cradle of all baobab species. Leveraging high-quality genomic data from all eight extant baobab species, researchers embarked on a journey through time to unravel the evolutionary tapestry of baobabs. The researchers warned that escalating sea levels …

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11 months ago

Scientists think they know what the first glow-in-the-dark animal was

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived …

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11 months ago

Sex and marriage patterns in an ancient empire revealed by DNA

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Institute of Archaeological Sciences/Eötvös Loránd University Múzeum “What surprised me most was the simple fact that these people in the cemeteries are so interconnected,” said Zsófia Rácz, a researcher at Eötvös Loránd University’s Institute of Archaeological Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Multiple partners in patriarchal clans What’s …

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Birds got their feathers from dinosaurs: How evolution defied extinction

Are you impatient? Blame it on evolution

Fossils attest to sea creatures' evolutionary boom during Cambrian period

In the midst of a coup, can we create dialogue and heal division? Kurt Gray says yes

Painter gifts evolutionary works to Shanghai exhibition

Painter gifts evolutionary works to Shanghai exhibition

Evolution of intelligent life on earth may not have been so unlikely

Nilgiri Tahr: A sheep in goat’s clothing

Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica, offers new evolutionary clues

Rare leopard fossils show unique evolutionary path

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Long-term Review: An evolutionary upgrade that might get better with time

Revealing the bite: We finally know how jaws evolved in snakes and lizards

New research reveals key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries

Love, friendship and AI: Could Artificial Companions replace real relationships?

Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted

Should you sleep with your baby or give separate room? Co-sleeping influences sleep behaviour across ages

Testosterone and Friendly Behaviour: A Scientific Exploration of Men's Misinterpretations

Revolt of the capybaras: Have these large rodents taken over — or reclaimed what's theirs?

From infants to adults: Evolutionary role, dangers of jealousy

DeepMind unveils virtual rat with artificial brain that is ‘evolutionary marvel’

Humble fern from New Caledonia boasts world's largest genome

Researchers unravel evolutionary history of baobab trees

Scientists think they know what the first glow-in-the-dark animal was

Sex and marriage patterns in an ancient empire revealed by DNA