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The appendix: not as useless as we originally thought

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The scientist from Duke University who first identified the function of the appendix is calling for more respect to be paid to the organ. Because the...
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Mammalian genomes are shrinking

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After the fall of dinosaurs, mammals grew to greater prominence in the world. However, as the group branched out and encountered greater diversity,...
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Evolution can occur within 10 years

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During this, the Year of Darwin, scientists from University of California Riverside have found that evolutionary adaptation can happen in less than 30...
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New doubts arise over the dinosaur-bird link

That birds descended directly from dinosaurs is one of the most strongly accepted hypotheses in evolution. However, there is mounting evidence to...
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Life may have originated billions of years earlier

Almost four billion years ago, our solar system was going through its tumultuous adolescent years. The pockmarked surfaces of the Moon and Mars tell...
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New theory states Neanderthals were eaten by humans

The story of the Neanderthal has a vacant ending. They were a thriving culture for a couple hundred thousand years before suddenly ceasing to exist...
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Weak individuals hear dangerous sounds differently

A new study conducted by scientists The College of Wooster in Ohio shows that people who are physically weaker tend to think that a looming sound is...
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Survival of the weakest

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150 years after On the Origin of Species introduced survival of the fittest to the world at large, information is beginning to emerge that casts doubt...
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Science chronicles the Year of Darwin

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As The Times (London) wrote in 1909 in honor of his first centenary, "To no other man has it been given to effect a revolution in human thought...
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