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Yukon Ground‑Squirrel Coprolites Yield Wide Array of Ancient DNA Including Mammoth Sequences

Researchers report that permafrost‑sealed squirrel droppings preserve many species’ DNA and say tephra‑based dates could place some samples near 700,000 years old, a result that would extend how far back ancient‑DNA studies can reach.

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Study Finds Stronger Skulls Often Preceded Arm Loss in Large Meat‑Eating Dinosaurs

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Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

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Study Links T. Rex’s Tiny Arms to Bigger, Stronger Skulls

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New Cretaceous Bird Plumadraco Has Tail Feathers Twice Its Body Length

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Study Finds Rare, Large-Effect Genes Often Explain Extreme Human Traits

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Scientists Name Labrujasuchus expectatus, a Two‑Legged, Beaked Croc Relative from Ghost Ranch

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Study Links Tiny Theropod Arms to Bigger, Stronger Skulls

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Scientists Name Giant Texas Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex

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Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

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Study Links Tiny T. rex Arms to the Rise of Powerful Jaws

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New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

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Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

Evolutionary Biology

Yukon Ground‑Squirrel Coprolites Yield Wide Array of Ancient DNA Including Mammoth Sequences

Millipede Tree of Life Completed, Origins Pushed Back to 460 Million Years

Venus Flytrap Closes by Rapid Cell-Wall Softening, Study Finds

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

Genomes Show Cave Lion Was a Distinct Panthera Lineage

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm Bryozoans in the Early Cambrian

Queen-Cell Wax Shapes Whether a Larva Becomes a Queen

Study Finds Stronger Skulls Often Preceded Arm Loss in Large Meat‑Eating Dinosaurs

Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

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Study Links T. Rex’s Tiny Arms to Bigger, Stronger Skulls

New Cretaceous Bird Plumadraco Has Tail Feathers Twice Its Body Length

Study Finds Rare, Large-Effect Genes Often Explain Extreme Human Traits

Scientists Name Labrujasuchus expectatus, a Two‑Legged, Beaked Croc Relative from Ghost Ranch

Study Links Tiny Theropod Arms to Bigger, Stronger Skulls

Scientists Name Giant Texas Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex

Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

Study Links Tiny T. rex Arms to the Rise of Powerful Jaws

New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

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