Tag Archives: evolution
Ancient Human Skull Found in Portugal is of an Oldest Neanderthal
500 Years of Evolution of Robots on Display in London Exhibition
This tiny glob could be humans’ earliest known ancestor
Paleobiologists in search of the earliest records of life on Earth have discovered what they believe is the human race's earliest known ancestor: a 540 million-year-old deuterostome about the size of a grain of rice called Saccorhytus coronarious tha...
Researchers figure out trick to a fruit fly’s acrobatic flight
If you've ever tried to swat a fruit fly out of the air, you know how crafty the little buggers can be at avoiding your swings. Turns out that not only are they incredibly agile, they're super efficient as well, using only 12 muscles (each controlled...
Brazilian Vampire Bats Now Feeding on Humans
Your Appendix Might Be Important After All
Humans are Still Evolving, In a Weird Way
Scientists find the first known dinosaur brain tissue fossil
That lump you see above many not look like much at first blush, but it's a big deal for paleontology: scientists say they have discovered that the sample has the first known example of a dinosaur brain tissue fossil. The team used a scanning electron...