You Have Fingers Because a Prehistoric Fish Needed to Poop
The next time you use your fingers to, say, text someone or flip someone off, be sure to thank a 380-million-year-old fish butthole for printing you these spectacularly versatile digits. ...
Tag: Evolution
These plants might actually be de-evolving
We know that the world and its various inhabitants, from plants to animals, are still evolving. In fact, some even believe that humans are actively evolving in different parts of ...
Earthworm DNA may challenge everything we know about evolution
When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from ...
Humans nearly went extinct 1 million years ago, but we don’t know why
A study published in 2023 suggests that nearly 1 million years ago, humanity almost ceased to exist. This potential mass extinction event was discovered by researchers when they began analyzing ...
There’s a place where humans are evolving right before our eyes
In the thin air of Nepal’s highlands, scientists are witnessing humans evolving in real time as they adapt to one of Earth’s harshest environments. Above 3,500 meters (around 11,500 feet), ...
