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A new study published by researchers at London's Natural History Museum and Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven has reinforced ...

Neanderthals were better adapted to cold climates, with physical traits such as a robust ribcage, a stocky body, and larger ...

Credit: Louis Agassiz Fuertes/Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor/Edward William Nelson/US National Geographic Society/Wikimedia Commons Speciation occurred with Darwin's finches, which found homes on several ...

Speciation is the process by which a single species gives rise to two daughter species, which are genetically distinct and eventually unable to interbreed. Speciation can occur as a result of ...

A new study published by researchers at London’s Natural History Museum and Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven has reinforced ...

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The biological equivalent is "allopatric speciation," an evolutionary process in which one species divides into two because the original homogenous population has become separated and both groups ...

Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team. Divers from National ...