Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest. Paleontologists have long studied its horns and frill, yet the cavernous nasal ...

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” says Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

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A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It explores how fire, tools, and cooperation driven by women changed humans’ ...

This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

To understand why Tyrannosaurus rex ended up with such diminished limbs, we must first understand how natural selection functions. The long history of life on Earth is often viewed as a progression ...

“ Tyrannoroter is the earliest and most complete vertebrate land herbivore to show adaptations that could process high-fiber ...

A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals ...

JIANGSU, ZHENJIANG, CHINA, January 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The operational efficiency of heavy-duty machinery is ...