Using termite and cockroach genomes, researchers built phylogenetic trees from transposons, paving a new way to differentiate difficult evolutionary lineages.

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Most days you move through the world without thinking about the invisible creatures that surround you. Yet one of them, a ...

Scientists have traced kissing back to early primates, suggesting it began long before humans evolved. Their analysis points ...

What do whales, hippos, and a two‑ton, bone‑crunching beast from 30 million years ago have in common? More than most would ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Trees take on myriad forms — Krishna holds aloft the Govardhan hill, Christ’s Last Supper, and Shiva as Nataraja, for instance – in National Award-winning artist Ompal Sansanwal’s ...

Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

"The breakthrough was the discovery of an ancient pterosaur relative, a small lagerpetid archosaur named Ixalerpeton from 233 ...