(Anup Shah/Stone RF/Getty Images) Human languages are complex and versatile. They reflect our intelligence, our cultures, our ...

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A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 ...

Colossal Biosciences brought back 20 key segments of extinct dire wolf DNA into living, breathing, wolf pups—and the tech ...

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Williams’ third book about evolutionary psychology is A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of ...

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The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, ...

Scientists studying ancient Australian rocks uncovered more than 12,000 fossils from some of the oldest known eukaryotes on Earth. These early complex cells lived in settings ranging from coastal ...

Microscopy and DNA revealed two overlooked marine arthropods with unusual mouths, grooming limbs and extraordinary reproductive biology.

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