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Mucus has evolved at least 15 times in mammals
Mucus-producing mucin proteins have repeatedly and independently emerged in mammals, possibly through co-option of existing proteins into slime factories
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Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn’t our earliest ancestor after all
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Humans
Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak
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Life
Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools
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Life
Controversial idea that T. rex was three species comes under fire
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Life
Ear anatomy shows warm-blooded animals evolved 233 million years ago
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Life
A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water
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Life
Antarctic bacteria reveal an evolutionary limit to dealing with heat
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Life
Meraxes gigas was a huge dinosaur with tiny arms like T. rex
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Earth
How long does evolution take? It happens on two different timescales
To make sense of the fact that adaptation can happen quickly and yet true evolutionary change seems to take forever, biologists suggest that evolution runs on two very different clocks
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Life
Bacteria bred for 2000 generations settle long-term evolution mystery
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Life
Kenyan chameleons evolved brighter colours after moving to Hawaii
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A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer
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Life
Harbour seals can learn how to change their voices to seem bigger
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