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Record 24-Million-Year-Old Proteins Recovered From Fossil Tooth Enamel

This breakthrough will allow scientists to reconstruct evolutionary relationships far beyond the limits of ancient DNA.

Researchers Uncover Intestinal Cells That Fully Digest Python Prey Skeletons

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Most Primate Societies Lack Fixed Sex-Based Dominance

3D-Printed Models Map How Imperfect Mimicry Persists in Nature

Wild Galápagos Tomatoes Revert to Ancient Chemical Defenses

Dormant Vitamin A Gene Switch Restores Ear Regeneration in Mice

Young UK Ash Trees Evolving Resistance to Dieback Disease

Trace Fossils Push Back Cambrian Explosion by 15 Million Years

Sea Slugs House Algal Chloroplasts in ‘Kleptosomes’ to Power Photosynthesis

Urbanization Reshapes Chipmunk and Vole Skulls in Chicago Over 125 Years

Wild Orangutans Nap to Offset Sleep Lost to Social Nesting

New Definition of Venom Encompasses Plant- and Mate-Manipulating Toxins

Evolutionary Tool Forecasts Chemotherapy Resistance in Bowel Cancer

Placental Steroid Hypothesis Links Hormones to Human Brain Evolution

Antarctic Meltwater Ponds Reveal Refuge for Early Complex Life

Harbin 'Dragon Man' Skull Identified as First Complete Denisovan Cranium

Early Father Bonds Extend Female Baboon Lifespans, Study Finds

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis Reveals Tyrannosaur Ancestor of T. Rex

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

Chimpanzees Catch Yawns From Android Head