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Recording the pH within decaying organs for the first time, researchers come closer to understanding why some soft tissues are more likely to be preserved as fossils than others.

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Famed “Turkana Boy” Discoverer Kamoya Kimeu Dies

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The Dino That Looked T. Rex-y Long Before T. Rex 

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This Simple Fish May Have Been One of the First Vertebrates

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South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests

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“Necks for Sex” May Explain Giraffes’ Distinctive Anatomy 

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Q&A: Paleontology’s Colonial Legacy

An artist's depiction of a new species of Homo, H. longi

“Dragon Man” May Replace Neanderthal as Our Closest Relative

Genetics Steps In to Help Tell the Story of Human Origins

Infographic: Meet Your Ancient Ancestors and Relatives in Africa

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Initiative Seeks to CT Scan Kenya’s Unexplored Fossil Trove

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Oldest Green Algae Fossil Discovered in China

Exploding Stars Probably Didn’t Spur Hominins to Walk Upright

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Image of the Day: New Tyrannosauroid

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Image of the Day: Baby Boom

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Oldest Evidence of Terrestrial Life on a Young Earth

Nick Pyenson Reconstructs Bygone Whale Populations Using Fossils

Life Reemerged Just Years After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact

Image of the Day: Bird Braincase

Fossilized Brains Called into Question, Might be Microbes

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Bellybutton Bugs

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Aerobic Bacteria May Predate Earth’s Oxygen Boom

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How Tiny Organisms Control Minds, Create Zombies, and Shape Ecosystems

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Faster Fluid Measurements for Formulation Development

Meet Honeybun and Breeze Through Viscometry in Formulation Development

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The Future of CRISPR

The Future of CRISPR

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Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Faster Fluid Measurements for Formulation Development

Meet Honeybun and Breeze Through Viscometry in Formulation Development

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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