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Ancient viruses in our DNA may hold clues to what makes us human

Published: 21 July 2025

Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according to a new international study....

What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age

Published: 25 January 2023

What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers from ɬ﷬ discovered that while changing...

An ecological rule breaker shows the effects of climate change on body size evolution

Published: 29 November 2022

Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to...

The hidden secrets of flowers

Published: 14 December 2022

To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry – a technique commonly used by geographers to reconstruct landscape topography. This is the...

The tiny bodies of bats allow perfect balance between flight costs and heat dissipation

Published: 21 July 2022

Many mammal species living in cold climates tend to have large bodies and short limbs to reduce heat loss – a general pattern known as Bergmann’s rule. However, bats are the exception to the rule,...

What the rise of oxygen on early Earth tells us about life on other planets

Published: 31 January 2022

When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from ɬ﷬ have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels occurred in step with the evolution and...

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