Skate face

The Sciences

You May Have Sensitive Teeth Because of This 465-Million-Year-Old Fish

hand bones from archaeological excavations

Fossils Reveal How Ancient Human Relatives Used Their Hands For Climbing and Tools

 Litoria tylerantiqua and Platyplectrum casca 

Fossils Show That These Ancient Frog Families Split Apart at Least 55 Million Years Ago

Soaked hands

Health

Your Fingers Wrinkle in the Same Pattern Every Time After Long Exposure to Water 

Ancient Reptile Footprints

Animals May Have Evolved from Sea to Land 35 Million Years Earlier Than Once Thought

Archaeopteryx Under Light

UV Light Helps Us Understand Why the Archaeopteryx Was Such a Good Flier 

Evolution after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum

The Tyrannosaurus Rex Origin Story May Not Have Started in North America

Image of the ‘sea walnut’ comb jelly

Planet Earth

These Genetic On-Off Switches Likely Emerged in Earth’s Earliest Animals

3D models of the skull of typical species before and after the Cenomanian-Turonian transition

Fierce, Aquatic Reptilian Predators Disappeared After an Ancient Climate Change Event

Scrape on skin

Humans Take Longer to Heal Than Other Primates, Likely Thanks to Our Lack of Fur

Ancient platypus

Evolutionary Origins of the Strange Platypus and Echidna Found at Dinosaur Cove

Hell ant fossil

113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Fossil Breaks Age Record for Such Insects

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进化

你之所以牙齿敏感，可能是因为这种4.65亿年前的鱼

化石揭示古代人类近亲如何用手攀爬和使用工具

化石显示这些古老蛙类家族至少在5500万年前就已分化

长时间接触水后，您的手指每次都会以相同的模式起皱

动物可能比最初认为的早 3500 万年从海洋进化到陆地

紫外光帮助我们理解始祖鸟为何是出色的飞行者

霸王龙的起源故事可能并非始于北美

这些基因开关可能出现在地球最早的动物身上

凶猛的、水生的爬行动物掠食者在一次古气候变化事件后消失

人类比其他灵长类动物需要更长的时间来愈合，这很可能要归功于我们没有皮毛

恐龙湾发现的奇异鸭嘴兽和针鼹的进化起源

1.13亿年前的“地狱蚂蚁”化石打破此类昆虫年龄纪录

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