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Skates evolved their undulating wings thanks to genome origami
The front fins of skates emerge from their heads as huge wings and now we know how they can develop in this way
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Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons
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Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves
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Ants independently evolved to farm fungus at least twice
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T. rex鈥檚 terrifying teeth would have been hidden behind scaly lips
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Our attempts to kill cockroaches forced them to evolve new sex moves
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City life may help Darwin’s finches survive bloodsucking flies
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How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies
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How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints
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Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes
Billions of years ago, crushed quartz reacting with water could have created the conditions needed for the evolution of the photosynthetic microbes responsible for most of the oxygen now in Earth鈥檚 atmosphere
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How poisonous amphibians evolve bright colours to warn predators off
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Stone flakes made by monkeys cast doubt on ancient human ‘tools’
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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed
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Giant insect thought extinct in eastern US found in a Walmart
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