Evolution – The TechBriefs

Tiny, long-armed dinosaur leads to rethink of dinosaur miniaturization

Small size seems to have come before a change in diet for a tiny dinosaur lineage. Alvarezsaurids were mostly small-bodied […]

But there was one thing that made S. mirabilis different from S. aegyptiacus. The word “mirabilis” in the newly discovered […]

“We think that in this early deuterostome, the median eye contained both ciliary and rhabdomeric cells,” Kafetzis explains. As a […]

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded out […]

Skip to content Like rocks, egg shells can trap isotopes, allowing us to use them to date samples. When dinosaur […]

Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”? Neither are real words, but we’ve known for decades that people […]

Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life. By base pairing with themselves, RNAs can […]

Skip to content Gathering for mutual defense puts young spiny lobsters at risk of predators. Lobsters are generally notable for […]

“Ants reduce per-worker investment in one of the most nutritionally expensive tissues for the good of the collective,” Matte explains. […]

Collectively, the genetic variants in this population are outside the range of previously described human diversity. That’s despite the fact […]