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Collagen Switch Turns Fish Fins Into Limb-Like Structures
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (83+ words) When the first fish lineage crawled onto land some 375 million years ago, its fins had to be remodeled into limbs capable of bearing weight. Evolutionary biologists have long focused on the genes that pattern the skeleton—Hox clusters, Sonic hedgehog,…...
Teeth Reveal Four Adaptive Zones Shaping Carnivore Evolution
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (762+ words) For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans....
Ichthyosaurs Had Surprisingly Dense Ribs, New Study Finds | Sci.News
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (267+ words) New research from the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo suggests ichthyosaurs’ rib cages may have done a job modern whale ribs don’t: acting as ballast to help them dive....
Imagine not having wings | Paleontology
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (46+ words) K.J. Genualdo • about 8 hours ago Zach Sweat • 13 days ago Zach Sweat • 16 days ago Phillip Hamilton • 8 months ago Uploaded by KimmyDude about 7 hours ago Resolution: (979px x 1441px) File size: 437 KB 27 views (27 from today) Uploaded about 7 hours ago...
Yeouch | Paleontology
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (50+ words) Zach Sweat • about 2 hours ago K.J. Genualdo • about an hour ago Zach Sweat • 9 minutes ago Zach Sweat • 13 days ago Zach Sweat • 16 days ago Phillip Hamilton • 8 months ago Uploaded by KimmyDude Sep 10, 2026 at 01:43PM EDT Resolution: (1144px x 1200px) File size: 104 KB...
Heel-Toe Mobility Separated Humans From Lesser Primates
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (319+ words) We take thousands of steps each day and we never think about the evolutionary and cultural advantage it represents. Humans naturally land with a heel-strike and the metabolic energy savings were as much as 41 percent, which made traveling farther possible,…...
Stunned scientist accidentally discovers massive ancient tooth - and it belongs to beast from 2.5 million years ago
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (19+ words) The Sun...
Cattle were left behind in Hong Kong centuries ago; a 2026 genome study found their DNA holds a record of how livestock adapted to island life
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (668+ words) Cattle were left behind in Hong Kong centuries ago; a 2026 genome study found their DNA holds a record of The Times of India...
In 98 years of the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment, nine drops have fallen and no human has ever seen one land
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1083+ words) The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment has been running since 1927, dripped nine times, and never once been seen falling by a human eye. The tenth drop is now forming. By The Long View Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Inside…...
Scientists estimate 2.5 billion T. rex once lived in North America, but museums hold only 32 well-preserved adults
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (588+ words) Home - Science - Scientists estimate 2.5 billion T. rex once lived in North America, but museums hold only 32 well-preserved adults A scientific study estimated that around 2.5 billion T. rex lived in North America over 2,4 millions of years and in comparison, there are only 32 of…...