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Nature Study Describes Breugnathair, a Cat-Sized Jurassic ‘False Snake’ From Skye

The unusually complete fossil merges python-like jaws with a fully limbed lizard body to illuminate a puzzling lineage without settling snake origins.

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Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Tied to Denisovan-Linked Lineage, Pushing Homo Splits Earlier

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First Confirmed Wild Blue Jay–Green Jay Hybrid Verified in Texas

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Global Study Finds Predator Pressure Decides When Camouflage or Warning Colors Work

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New Megaraptor From Patagonia Found With Crocodile Bone in Its Jaws

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Scientists Map Precise Breakpoint Driving Human Robertsonian Chromosome Fusions

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AI Links Leopard Bite Marks to Homo Habilis, Recasting an Early Human as Prey

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Texas Backyard Bird Confirmed as Rare Blue Jay–Green Jay Hybrid

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Tiny Montana Crocodyliform With Unusual Teeth Named Thikarisuchus in Study Proposing New Family

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New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study

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Oldest, Most Complete Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Mongolia

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Longevity Industry’s Growth Outpaces Evidence, Raising Overdiagnosis Fears

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Digits May Have Evolved by Repurposing Cloacal DNA, Nature Study Finds

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Iberian Harvester Ant Queens Clone Males From Another Species, Nature Study Finds

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BioScience Paper Argues Culture Is Overtaking Genes in Human Evolution

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Rare Fossil Points to Flight in Ancestors of Ostriches and Emus

Evolution

Nature Study Describes Breugnathair, a Cat-Sized Jurassic ‘False Snake’ From Skye

New Global Study Maps Sex-Based Longevity Across Mammals and Birds

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Early Human Family Tree

Sponge Biomarkers Found in Ediacaran Rocks Bolster Case for Earliest Animals

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Tied to Denisovan-Linked Lineage, Pushing Homo Splits Earlier

First Confirmed Wild Blue Jay–Green Jay Hybrid Verified in Texas

Global Study Finds Predator Pressure Decides When Camouflage or Warning Colors Work

New Megaraptor From Patagonia Found With Crocodile Bone in Its Jaws

Scientists Map Precise Breakpoint Driving Human Robertsonian Chromosome Fusions

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Evolution

AI Links Leopard Bite Marks to Homo Habilis, Recasting an Early Human as Prey

Texas Backyard Bird Confirmed as Rare Blue Jay–Green Jay Hybrid

Tiny Montana Crocodyliform With Unusual Teeth Named Thikarisuchus in Study Proposing New Family

New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study

Oldest, Most Complete Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Mongolia

Longevity Industry’s Growth Outpaces Evidence, Raising Overdiagnosis Fears

Digits May Have Evolved by Repurposing Cloacal DNA, Nature Study Finds

Iberian Harvester Ant Queens Clone Males From Another Species, Nature Study Finds

BioScience Paper Argues Culture Is Overtaking Genes in Human Evolution

Rare Fossil Points to Flight in Ancestors of Ostriches and Emus

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