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Africa’s giant animals were disappearing long before humans arrived
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (791+ words) A 23-million-year fossil record shows Africa's giant mammals slowly vanished over time because evolution stopped replacing them. Ten million years ago, an African floodplain carried more kinds of giant plant-eaters than most people could name today. Early relatives of elephants,…...
Neanderthal men had a pelvis that looks more like a modern woman’s than a modern man’s
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (1006+ words) Neanderthal pelvis bones kept an older design, while the modern male pelvis became a shock absorber that returns energy at every step. Walk across a room and your body weight drops onto one hip, then the other, and the joints…...
Neanderthal DNA still influences muscle in modern humans
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1230+ words) A Neanderthal gene variant carried by many people in South Asia is linked to about 9.5 extra ounces of muscle in adults. How much muscle you develop from exercise depends on training, diet, and the genes you were born with. For…...
Ice Age cold left a genetic legacy still found in Japan today
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1227+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Jomon people evolved several genetic adaptations for surviving the extreme cold of the Ice Age. Step outside underdressed in January and your body shivers, which is muscle burning fuel to make heat. Underneath that, a second system…...
Some fungi could be thousands of years old, but no one knows for sure
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1059+ words) Fungi may live for thousands of years, but their hidden networks and unclear boundaries make their true ages nearly impossible to determine. You can learn a tree’s age by counting the rings in its trunk. A fungus has no rings…...
Mysterious ‘ghost DNA’ is hiding in every living human
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1055+ words) People worldwide carry DNA from a mysterious extinct human lineage that interbred with our ancestors long ago. A DNA test can tell you how much of your DNA came from Neanderthals. That number exists because researchers pulled DNA out of…...
New hairy-leafed plant species confirms another of Darwin’s predictions
4+ week, 1+ day ago (986+ words) Saxifraga candelabrum is a newly confirmed carnivorous plant. Its sticky hairs trap small insects, while its flowers attract them with scent. Carnivorous plants are famous for dramatic traps, but catching an insect is only part of the story. To qualify…...