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The disintegration of the Maya Civilization may have been related to relatively modest reductions in rainfall, according to new research. Rather modest rainfall reductions between times when the Class
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Building blocks of early Earth survived collision that created moon
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Meet plants' and algae's common ancestor: Primitive organisms not always so simple, researcher says
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Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil
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Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt
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Early primate had transitional lemur-like grooming claw
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Early black holes grew big eating cold, fast food
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Disappearance of the elephant caused rise of modern humans: Dietary change led to modern humans in Middle East 400,000 years ago
Scientists have connected evidence about diet with other cultural and anatomical clues to conclude that the disappearance of the elephants led to the emergence of Homo sapiens in the Middle East much
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A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth.
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Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago: Advanced tool-making methods pushed back in time
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The green anole lizard is an agile and active creature, and so are elements of its genome. This genomic agility and other new clues have emerged from the full sequencing of the lizard's genome and may
Bilingual babies' vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation
Researchers are investigating the brain mechanisms that contribute to infants' prowess at learning languages, with the hope that the findings could boost bilingualism in adults, too. In a new study, t
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A remarkably well-preserved fossil discovered in northeast China provides new information about the earliest ancestors of most of today's mammal species -- the placental mammals. This fossil represent
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In research that will help address a long-running debate and apparent contradiction between short- and long-term evolutionary change, scientists have discovered that although evolution is a constant a
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New research suggests oxygen may have been made on Earth hundreds of millions of years before its debut in the atmosphere, keeping a low profile in "oxygen oases" in the oceans. Researchers
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British scientists are using an 'amino acid time capsule' to date the Quaternary period, stretching back nEarly three million years. It is the first widespread application of refinements of the 40-yea
Did past climate change encourage tree-killing fungi?
The Permian extinction 250 million years ago was the largest mass extinction on record, and among the losers were conifers that originally blanketed the arid interior of the supercontinent Pangaea. No

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