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Do you know mites lives in the skin of your face and mate at night? Resear
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): First-ever DNA analysis reveals the reason behind odd mating habits, body features and evolutionary future of mites that live in the hair follicles of humans.
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Study: Enhanced look at intertwined evolutionary histories of polar and br
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): A new study by the University at Buffalo provides an enhanced look at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and brown bears.
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Chimpanzees blend their sounds to generate a range of vocal patterns, find
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Leipzig (Germany), June 4 (ANI): Ordered vocal sequences in wild chimp communication can give light on the evolution of human language, according to a new study.
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Study: Chimpanzees blend their sounds to create variety of vocal patterns
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Leipzig (Germany), May 31 (ANI): A new study has discovered that ordered vocal sequences in wild chimp communication can shed light on the evolution of human language.
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Study finds human fetuses evolved to slow shoulder growth for easier deliv
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kyoto [Japan], May 30 (ANI): According to a new study, shoulder dystocia is alleviated by the fact that human shoulders slow down right before birth and then speed up afterwards.
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Mother's Day 2022: Bollywood 'moms' who defied stereotypes with their stro
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Bollywood has always tried to project the idea of a 'mother' in many different ways. She was previously portrayed as a person who always had the task to bring peace and love to her family. A feature still prevalent in most film protagonists, mothe
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New model explores how geographic features influence evolutionary outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers at St. Louis University have recently developed a new method to measure the extent to which regional geographic features including barriers between regions, like mountains or water affect local rates of speciation, extinction and dispersal for spe
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Greater levels of biodiversity can reduce extinction risk in birds, sugges
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): A new study has suggested that higher levels of biodiversity (which represents the great varieties of life on Earth and the species, traits and evolutionary history), appeared to reduce extinction risk in birds.
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SARS-CoV2 variants emerge rapidly as virus can momentarily accelerate its
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 25 (ANI): Momentary acceleration of evolution is a trait recently discovered by the Doherty Institute in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, during a recent study. This results in the variants of this virus emerging more rapidly than their counterparts.
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Researchers identify sudden evolutionary change in flowers
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 20 (ANI): Evolution is defined as the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection. A recent study by researchers has identified an unexpected evolutionary change.
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Lichens in danger of losing evolutionary race with climate change: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chicago [US], February 15 (ANI): Algae are a lot more than just the green scum that shows up on walls. These tiny plants, when teamed up with a fungus, form a composite structure called lichen. Lichens grow everywhere, from tundras in the Arctic to the bark of the tree in one's yard, and do
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Antibiotic resistance can be prevented using evolutionary principles
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI): The findings of new research suggested an effective way to kill bacteria and prevent its drug resistance. This was done by sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently.
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