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People Are More Likely To Be Your Friend If You Seem Like A Good Hunter-Gatherer

According to new research, we still carry the evolutionary preferences developed during the Stone Age, and are automatically ...
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In 2009, Scientists Drilled 183 Meters Beneath An Antarctic Ice Shelf And Found A Surprising Lifeform

According to NASA ice scientist Robert Bindschadler, the team had been operating under the presumption that there wasn't ...
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World's Tiniest Buffalo Species Just Welcomed A New Baby – And She's Already A Total Heartbreaker

But then there's the anoa, the world's smallest buffalo species. A newborn of this micro-sized species has just been born at ...
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The Largest Galaxy In The Universe Is Even Bigger Than We Thought… And It Hasn't Finished Growing

At the center of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029 sits an enormous galaxy shaped somewhere between an ellipse and a spiral. Its ...
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Researchers Narrow Down The Identities Of "Ghost Lineages" – Mysterious Ancient Hominins That Contribute To Modern Human DNA

New research has identified two sections of the human genome we seem to have inherited from ancient human lineages we know very little about.
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Two Tiny Ivory Figurines Dating Back 40,000 Years Add To Enduring Mystery Of Why There Are So Few Birds Depicted In Ice Age Art

The two thumbnail-sized bird figures have been described as the “find of the year” from the World Heritage site.
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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"

A polycephalic crested gecko with two heads name Simon and Garfunkel was born at the end of June. "Each head does seem to have its own behavior," Tracie Kelley from Rockstar Geckos told IFLScience.