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Planet Earth

Weighing Over 2,000 Pounds, Giant Ground Sloths Once Roamed the Americas

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The Sciences

Our Human Ancestors Started Hauling Fish Out of the Water 2 Million Years Ago

Cretaceous mammals may have resembled modern-day shrews

Our Ancestors Lived in Pairs More Than 65 Million Years Ago

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Chimpanzees: Understanding Our Closest Relatives in the Animal Kingdom

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Ancient Ape’s Inner Ears May Hold Key to Evolution of Walking on Two Feet 

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Island Lizards Shrink and Horses Get Bigger Because of These Evolutionary Patterns

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The Megalosaurus: When Was the First Dinosaur Discovered? 

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Fact or Fiction: Are Mysterious Dire Wolves Real?

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The Slow and Steady Growth of Trilobites

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进化

重达 2,000 多磅，巨型地懒曾漫步美洲

200万年前，我们的人类祖先就开始从水中捕捞鱼类

我们的祖先在 6500 万年前就以伴侣形式生活

黑猩猩：了解我们动物界最亲近的亲戚

古代猿的内耳可能隐藏着人类直立行走演化的关键

岛屿蜥蜴变小，马匹变大，这都源于这些进化模式

今天是松鼠感谢日！

巨齿龙：第一只恐龙是什么时候被发现的？

动物是如何长出斑点和条纹的？

事实与虚构：神秘的恐狼真实存在吗？

恐龙的体型并非千篇一律

三叶虫的缓慢稳定生长

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