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Habitat Advantage Helps Less-Fit Species Outcompete Rivals
3+ min ago (517+ words) A new mathematical study of competing populations suggests that winning the evolutionary race is not determined by reproductive fitness alone. When populations expand across space, their success can also depend on how quickly they advance and where their ancestors happen…...
A single Nile crocodile bite closes with roughly 3,700 pounds of force per square inch, more than any measured living animal, yet the muscles that open the same jaw are so weak an adult can hold them shut with two hands
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (865+ words) A Nile crocodile's bite closes with about 3,700 PSI — the strongest bite force ever measured in a living animal — yet the muscles that open the same jaw are so weak an adult can hold them shut by hand. That asymmetry is…...
Ancient DNA Study Reveals Two Unknown Human Ancestors Hidden in Modern Genomes
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (462+ words) Human evolution has become even more complex after a new study uncovered evidence of two previously unknown ancestral groups hidden within modern human DNA. By examining the human genome, researchers found genetic traces of ancient populations known as ghost ancestors....
Ancient DNA suggests Ice Age hunters favored female woolly mammoths
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (77+ words) A massive genetic study of more than 500 woolly mammoths has uncovered an unexpected pattern: Ice Age humans appear to have …...
1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative
17+ hour, 39+ min ago (605+ words) A 1.4-million-year-old trail of footprints reveals that a powerful human relative grew nearly as large as us and may have traveled in all-male groups....
“Anche in biologia, il diavolo si nasconde sempre nei dettagli”
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (364+ words) Un ricercatore della Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn scopre che un piccolo crostaceo, ritenuto innocuo, altera la riproduzione di Ciona robusta....
Jurassic Park Author Michael Crichton's Favorite Book Is A Literary Classic You Have To Read
16+ hour, 51+ min ago (626+ words) Michael Crichton's books have been turned into some of the best films ever made, but his favorite novel is a literary classic. Jurassic Park Author Michael Crichton's Favorite Book Is A Literary Classic You Have To Read When you think…...
Scientists Just Found a 245-Million-Year-Old Sea Reptile With Its Organs Still Intact
11+ hour, 55+ min ago (323+ words) Some 245 million years ago, a small marine reptile died. Now, researchers have found its astonishingly well-preserved body, complete with an almost intact stomach, liver, and intestines. According to a new study published in Science Advances, the fossil offers the oldest…...
New dinosaur in Zimbabwe: Mini-sauropod that may have walked on two legs
16+ hour, 23+ min ago (617+ words) Newly revealed small sauropodomorph, named Musango, may have been a bipedal omnivore, unlike its giant vegan cousins such as Diplodocus, which definitely needed four legs On the shores of the fake lake Kariba, a reservoir straddling the border between Zambia…...
Scientists Found a New Fossil Predator Inside a Rock That Had Been Studied for Nearly a Century
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (349+ words) A fossil collected generations ago has finally given up its secrets. After a detailed investigation, researchers have identified a previously unknown predator that lived more than 200 million years ago in a world very different from today. Published in Proceedings of…...