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Variable Environments Can Boost or Block Adaptation, Large-Scale Evolution Study Finds

Researchers tested thousands of generations of digital organisms across 105 shifting settings to reveal context-dependent paths to higher fitness.

Color-Preserved Anchiornis Fossils Indicate Loss of Flight, Study Finds

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Cycads Use Infrared Heat to Lure Beetle Pollinators, Science Study Finds

Humans Rank Seventh in New Mammal Monogamy Study, Below Beavers and Above Meerkats

Fossil Brain Scans Point to Rapid Origin of Pterosaur Flight

Study Finds Eukaryotic Complexity Began Nearly 3 Billion Years Ago

Terminally Ill Ant Pupae Signal Workers to Execute Them, Study Finds

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

Science Study Finds Trained Macaques Keep Time With Human Songs

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Fossil Endocasts Show Pterosaurs Evolved Flight-Ready Brains Independently of Birds

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

Study Finds Urban Raccoons Have Shorter Snouts, Hinting at Early Domestication

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

Parasitic Ant Queens Trick Colonies Into Killing Their Queen, Study Finds

Study Traces Kissing to Ape Ancestors 21 Million Years Ago, With Neanderthals Likely Kissers

New Study Recasts Dunkleosteus as Cartilage-Heavy, Shark-Like Oddball

PNAS Study Links Chimp Territorial Killings to Short-Term Reproductive Gains

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits