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Evolution

Aggie alumna Kim Conley (center) competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. New research supports the idea that humans have long used endurance running as a way to chase down prey. (Photo by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon)

Endurance Running a Key Factor in Human Evolution

Categories Health
Bacterial cellulose in the wet state.

How researchers turn bacteria into cellulose-producing mini-factories

Categories Life & Non-humans, Technology
One of just two vertebrates without a jaw, sea lampreys that are wreaking havoc in Midwestern fisheries are simultaneously helping scientists understand the origins of two important stem cells.

Jawless Lampreys Reveal Ancient Secrets of Vertebrate Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans
Peacock butterfly

Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen without contact

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics
Komodo tooth iron map. Credit: Dr Aaron LeBlanc

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey

Categories Life & Non-humans
A scientist defeathers one of the birds. Image by Dr Mariana Nabais.

Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds

Categories Social Sciences
mudskipper

To walk, you just need fins and a sense of adventure

Categories Life & Non-humans
Ohio State logo

Using AI to scrutinize, validate theories on animal evolution

Categories Technology
Abstract illustration to accompany brain size article

Human Brain Size Defies Evolutionary Trend

Categories Brain & Behavior
This image shows an artist's reconstruction of Gaiasia jennyae. Gabriel Lio has illustrated this newly discovered stem tetrapod species from Namibia. The creature was an apex predator that lived in the wetland areas of southern Gondwana approximately 280 million years ago.

Gondwana’s Ultimate Hunter Rewrites Early Animal Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans
Artist’s rendering of Gaiasia jennyae.

Giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before the dinosaurs

Categories Life & Non-humans
Ammonites basking under the Late Cretaceous sun. Artwork by Callum Pursall (@cpursall on X)

Ammonites Went Out With a Bang, Challenging Previous Theories

Categories Life & Non-humans
The best dads in the primate world? Owl monkey fathers take on the role of primary caregiver and only hand their babies back to their female partners for nursing.

Math Says Male Mammals Don’t Breastfeed to Protect Offspring from Harmful Microbes

Categories Life & Non-humans
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