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Scientists may have finally figured out how elephants got their incredible trunks

Elephants appear to have evolved their long, grasping trunks as a result of climate change pressures on their ancestors millions of years ago.

Chunxiao liShi qi wangKey laboratory of vertebrate evolutionUniversity of chinese academy sciencesChinese academy of sciencesChinese academyLive scienceKey laboratoryVertebrate evolutionHuman origins

How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants trunks

How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants trunks
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How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants trunks

How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants trunks
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Platybelodon amebelodontidaeChunxiao liChoerolophodon choerolophodontidaeShi qi wangJi zhangGomphotherium gomphotheriidaeHuazhong university of scienceUniversity of chinese academy sciencesKey laboratory of vertebrate evolutionReviewed preprintMiddle mioceneNorthern chinaChinese academyFinite elementMid miocene climate transitionHuazhong university

Large Flying Reptile That Ruled the Sky 100 Million Years Ago Found by Lake

The prehistoric creature belongs to a family of reptiles that includes the largest flying animals that ever lived.

Argentina generalUnited statesRio negroFederico agnolinMejor informadoLaboratory of comparative anatomyArgentine museum of natural sciences bernardino rivadaviaEzequiel ramos mexArgentine museumNatural sciencesComparative anatomyVertebrate evolutionSouth americanSouth america

Paper Retroactively Concedes a Lack of Evidence

Explaining the origin of complex phenotypic novelty is the million-dollar question in evolutionary biology.

New yorkUnited statesUnited kingdomNew zealandJerry fodorDarrel falkStephen jay gouldJeffreyh schwartzGraham buddRobert carrollStephen meyerRichard goldschmidtPaul nelsonJeffrey schwartzScott gilbertMassimo piattelli palmarini