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Today’s tulip trees carry similar mitochondrial DNA as those that grew in the time of the dinosaurs.
Mutations tied to autism in mice lead to deficits in the signaling pathway activated by marijuana.
Fossilized skeletal remains of the hominid Australopithecus sediba add to the puzzle of human evolution.
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Starting in 2014, the federally funded initiative will seek to develop new technologies capable of mapping the activity in the human brain.
New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
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