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A 200-year-old mystery about newts has finally been solved
A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch 鈥� now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk came about
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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
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Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution
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Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life
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Beth Shapiro: The ancient DNA pioneer鈥檚 mission to bring back the dodo
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Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual
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These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food
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The cactus family鈥檚 surprising evolutionary journey
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Some flowers may have evolved long stems to be better 鈥榮een鈥� by bats
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Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared
The largest pterosaurs, ancient reptiles that were the first vertebrates to master flight, may have mostly soared while smaller ones flapped their wings, a pattern that persists in today's birds
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An engrossing history of teeth shows their complex role in evolution
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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world
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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins
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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones
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