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Single-celled organism has evolved a natural mechanical computer
A single-celled organism with no brain that walks on surfaces using 14 "legs" seems to control these legs with a mechanical computer made of fibres called microtubules
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Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved
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Earliest known bubonic plague strain found in 5000-year-old skull
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Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank
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Many female animals are evolving to look more attractive to mates
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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species
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The first complex cell may have had dozens of nuclei instead of one
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Monkeys can change their accent to communicate with another species
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Toxic beetle鈥檚 genetics reveals how evolution makes new organs
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Eggs evolved more than a billion years ago, whereas chickens have been around for just 10,000 years. So the riddle is easily solved鈥r is it?
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The platypus: What nature鈥檚 weirdest mammal says about our origins
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A species of yeast produces near-identical clones when it has sex
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Mice on opposite North American coasts evolved the same way
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Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs
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