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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don鈥檛 know how
A study of 17 grass species found that 13 of them carry genes that have been transferred from another species, suggesting that gene-swapping happens all the time
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Animals with weird neurons may rewrite the story of brain evolution
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Vampire bats might avoid bitter substances to dodge indigestion
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Large extinct Australian kangaroo spent half its life in trees
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Llamas and alpacas carry genes from mysterious 鈥榞host鈥� relatives
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Bizarre ‘manta shark’ slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago
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Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish
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Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn’t?
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Australian lungfish has largest genome of any animal sequenced so far
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Humans may have domesticated dogs by accident by sharing excess meat
Hunter-gatherers may have had more meat than they could eat, which they shared with wolves 鈥� inadvertently beginning the domestication of dogs
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Why don鈥檛 wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution
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New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist
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Toads on tropical islands are rapidly shrinking as they evolve
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Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard
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