Stories by docmechanic

How did the large brain evolve?

Scientists uncover key mechanism in evolution: Whole-genome duplication drives

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools

Fragment of a human face aged over one million years discovered

Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5B years

Unknown microorganisms used marble and limestone as a habitat

Violent supernovae 'triggered at least two Earth extinctions'

European Space Agency releases new data

When did human language emerge?

Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution

Feline therapy: Study suggests cats could fill an assistive niche

Fish teeth show how ease of innovation enables rapid evolution

Webb captures first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system

A longer, sleeker super predator: Megalodon's true form

A 62M-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal

Evolution of plant network: 600M years of stress

Amphibians bounce-back from Earth's greatest mass extinction

Prehistoric bone tool 'factory' hints at early development of abstract reasoning

Giant ice bulldozers: How ancient glaciers helped life evolve

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