Scientists say humans are going through a major evolution right now

Scientists have claimed in a new paper that humans are going through a significant evolutionary period right now. You might ...
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This Invasive Vampire Fish Is Helping Researchers Understand the Human Nervous System in Jaw-Dropping Ways

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Deep-sea fish found with human-like vision

Deep-sea fish, a group of inhabitants of the most light-deprived and harsh environments on our planet, have been discovered to possess a vision similar to humans. This groundbreaking finding not only ...
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Fish Buttholes May Be The Reason We Now Have Fingers, Study Finds

The reason we humans have fingers today may all be thanks to a fish's clacker. New research into the origins of digit formation shows that the DNA switch controlling finger and toe development got its ...

How Human Fingers May Have Evolved From Ancient Fish Butts

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of ...

Fish buttholes may explain why humans have fingers, scientists say

Scientists from Switzerland and the United States have found that the DNA sequence responsible for forming fingers and toes ...
The Business Standard

Ancient fish genes that shaped buttholes may have given us fingers: study

Researchers from Switzerland and the United States found that DNA elements active in the cloaca of fish were later recycled during evolution to control digit growth in four-limbed animals ...

Million-year-old skull found in China could rewrite human evolution timeline, study finds: "This changes a lot of thinking"

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Fossilized ear bones rewrite the history of freshwater fish

When saltwater fish long ago evolved to live in fresh water, many of them also evolved a more sophisticated hearing system, ...
Greek Reporter

How Ancient Greece Almost Discovered Evolution Before Darwin

Amid god-centered beliefs, some thinkers of ancient Greece wondered if life arose naturally, centuries before evolution became accepted.
Science Friday

Use Clues From Rapid Evolution To Design Better Fish Gills

Why do you think giraffes have such long necks? It’s a question that has perplexed scientists for years. Do you think giraffes have long necks to reach food in high places? Maybe you are onto ...