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Last common ancestor of humans and apes weighed about five kilograms

New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes — including great apes and humans — was much smaller than previously thought, about the size of a gibbon. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, are fundamental … Continue reading

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Last common ancestor of humans and apes weighed about five kilograms

New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes — including great apes and humans — was much smaller than previously thought, about the size of a gibbon. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, are fundamental … Continue reading

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How evolution has equipped our hands with five fingers

Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Scientists have uncovered a part of this mystery, and their remarkable discovery is outlined in a new report. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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mineraliety: All five of these Makenzie Flynn mists are…

mineraliety: All five of these Makenzie Flynn mists are available in her shop on Mineraliety ///// www.mineraliety.com/shops/makenzieflynn mineralia

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Australia’s limestone columns: Introducing the five new ‘Drowned Apostles’

The ‘Drowned Apostles’ Australia’s iconic tourist attraction, the Twelve Apostles, has received an unlikely boost in numbers with the discovery of five extra limestone columns hidden way below the water. The never-before-seen sea stacks, located 6km offshore from the Great … Continue reading

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The five bird species that Darwin couldn?t discover in Madeira and the Azores

When Charles Darwin visited the Azores islands in the 19th Century, the birds he observed were familiar to him. However, if he had travelled there 500 years before, he would have found an ornithofauna as particular as that of the … Continue reading

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The five bird species that Darwin couldn?t discover in Madeira and the Azores

When Charles Darwin visited the Azores islands in the 19th Century, the birds he observed were familiar to him. However, if he had travelled there 500 years before, he would have found an ornithofauna as particular as that of the … Continue reading

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bijoux-et-mineraux: Gmelinite-Na – Pinnacle Rock, Five Island,…

bijoux-et-mineraux: Gmelinite-Na – Pinnacle Rock, Five Island, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada Geology Nerd

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Ancient ecosystem response to ‘big five’ mass extinction

A new study explores one of the ‘big five’ mass extinctions, the Permian-Triassic event, revealing unexpected results about the types of animals that were most vulnerable to extinction, and the factors that might best predict community stability during times of … Continue reading

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