Blind snakes stood out as the only major group with no recorded cases of cannibalism. This may be because they never evolved the highly flexible lower jaws seen in other snakes, which allow them to ...

This video breaks down the difference between convergent and divergent evolution and explains how shared traits can arise in ...

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Dive into the intriguing world of alien evolution! From convergent evolution to the basics of extraterrestrial anatomy, explore the possibilities of intelligent life and how it may differ or ...

A University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Defense to continue the Convergent Science Virtual Cancer Center, which broadens the ...

Over the horizon, long term planning is not the strong suit of great apes like us. Homo sapiens are highly socialized animals prone to cooperate when necessary. But we are just as prone to strike up ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

This paper describes the study of the evolution of the N-terminal domain of the MSH6 mismatch repair protein in regard to the presence or absence of histone reader domains. While the presence of the ...

Despite everything stacked against them, a variety of life thrives at ocean depths with bone-crushing pressure, low-oxygen, no light, and immensely cold temperatures. A new study analyzes the ...