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Science
fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period

Vertebrate vision evolved via diversification of phototransduction components and eye structures, documented by molecular data and exceptional fossil evidence from Cambrian to mammalian ancestors.
Science
fromArs Technica
6 months ago

Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species

Gantangqing's hunter-gatherers could belong to Homo erectus, Denisovans, or Homo heidelbergensis, complicating species identification due to lack of identifiable bones.
OMG science
fromArs Technica
7 months ago

We've had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s-only nobody knew

The Harbin skull has confirmed the physical appearance of Denisovans through protein analysis, redefining our understanding of this ancient species.
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