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New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist

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New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist

It has long been thought that new species are most likely to evolve in biodiversity hotspots like the Amazon rainforest, but a genetic analysis of birds suggests that extreme environments where few species exist help drive evolution

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Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

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Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

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Toads on tropical islands are rapidly shrinking as they evolve

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Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

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Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

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Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

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Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

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Eomonachus belegaerensis

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Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south

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We may finally have figured out which group of animals evolved first

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Corals are first animals seen to pass on mutations acquired as adults

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Corals are first animals seen to pass on mutations acquired as adults

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Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

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Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

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Honey badger baculum

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Some animals may use their penis bone to scoop out a rival's sperm

A study of 82 bacula, the bones found in the penis of most male mammals, suggests that they may be used to displace sperm from another male already in a female’s reproductive tract

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Bad balance: why dangerous falls are on the rise around the world

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Bird-like dinosaurs that lost a finger show evolution in action

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Rapid evolution due to extreme climate events could lead to extinction

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The theory of evolution is a vibrant, living entity still in its prime

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