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Ancient unicellular organism offers clues to animal origins
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (308+ words) A recent study by Ruibao Li and Jennah Dharamshi published in Nature may help us understand the beginnings of animal evolution billions of years ago. These findings are the result of a collaboration between researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, the…...
Lung evolution shaped body size limits in early land vertebrates
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (280+ words) The water-to-land transition stands as one of the most significant events in vertebrate evolution, giving rise to the two major groups of living land vertebrates-amniotes and lissamphibians-which occupy markedly different ecological niches. Key hypotheses of vertebrate terrestrialization propose a plausible…...
AI tool reveals hidden proteins in Earth's vital microalgae
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (216+ words) Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool called LA'SR that can rapidly identify previously overlooked proteins in microalgae - tiny organisms that produce much of the Earth's oxygen and support entire aquatic ecosystems. This breakthrough…...