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Bizarre 'manta shark' slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago

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Bizarre 'manta shark' slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago

A Mexican fossil belongs to a shark that lived more than 90 million years ago and had wings like a manta ray, which may have helped it swim in place while feeding on plankton

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Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish

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Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish

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Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps

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The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

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The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

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Thumb muscles

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Our dexterous thumbs have a 2 million-year-old origin

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Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

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Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

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The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

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The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

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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

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

Watching TV and staring at flickering flames produce similar physiological effects, offering intriguing clues to the enduring power of entertainment – and the origins of sociability

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Why don’t 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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