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Why did Praying Mantis never evolve this trick?
Likely because they have not existed long enough.
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Why do our first loves feel so intense? Science has answers https://www.byteseu.com/832645/ #Addiction #Anthropology #attachment #dopamine #evolution #hormones #love #memory #neuroscience #oxytocin #Science
Why cockroaches are so resilient.
From @PopularScience: "This much-maligned bug is the ultimate survivor."
Popular Science · Why cockroaches are so resilientThis much-maligned bug is the ultimate survivor. Pest cockroach species have fully earned their reputation as unkillable insect juggernauts.
1.4-million-year-old skull fragments linked to mystery human ancestor.
@Gizmodo reports: "The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago."
Gizmodo · 1.4-Million-Year-Old Skull Fragments Linked to Mystery Human AncestorThe fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.
New study finds that domestic cats traveled the Silk Road to China about 1,400 years ago.
Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone https://phys.org/news/2025-03-deep-sea-fish-reveals-evolutionary.html
#Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425000315
"they confirmed a century-old hypothesis about deep-sea #fish evolution involving two distinct pathways. 'Ancient survivors' colonized the deep sea before the #Cretaceous mass #extinction, while 'new immigrants' account for the majority of modern #DeepSea species that emerged after the #MassExtinction."
Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals.
From @AssociatedPress: "The child’s remains were discovered 27 years ago in a rock shelter called Lagar Velho in central Portugal."
AP News · Scientists date remains of child who resembles both humans and Neanderthals
New review: Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a concise, well-structured, and beautifully illustrated book that transcends being "merely" good popular science by also addressing professional palaeontologists.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #AnimalBehavior #Ethology #Fossils #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Scicomm princetonupress@mastodon.social @princetonnature @serpenillus @bookstodon
The Inquisitive Biologist · Book review – Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We KnowUncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a concise, well-structured, and beautifully illustrated book that transcends being “merely” good popular science by also addressing professional palaeont…
The biological world is awash in #chemical signals.
Some molecular messages find their targets; most linger unread in the environment.
But sometimes, other #species — chemical eavesdroppers, bystanders or visitors — can pick up and interpret the signals in their own way.
If the message is powerful enough, the impact can ripple out across an #ecosystem.
#biology #ecology #evolution #biochemistry
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-chemical-view-of-ecosystems-20250305/
Quanta Magazine · A New, Chemical View of Ecosystems
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I'm sure the cockroach people of 5000AD will die laughing at them.
#evolution #extinction #memes #cars #humans
Giraffes’ Gut Microbiome Communities Determined By Species, Not Diet | Brown University & Uppsala University published by Global Ecology and Conservation
#giraffe #microbiome #diet #species #evolution #conservation #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/07/giraffes-gut-microbiome-communities-determined-by-species-not-diet/
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Lieben Dank, @h0ldi 
Aus meiner Sicht ist erst einmal entscheidend, dass gerade auch wissenschaftlich Denkende akzeptieren: Charles #Darwin hatte Recht - auch die Religiosität ist ebenso wie z.B. die Musikalität ein Ergebnis der #Evolution. Religiöse bilden kooperative Gemeinschaften, die sowohl lebensförderlich wie aber auch gewalttätig werden können. Entsprechend kommt es auch hier auf Dialog, Wissen & dialogischen Monismus an. Eine Sendung dazu von #QuarksundCo : https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/quarks-co-glauben-wissen-evolution/
Natur des Glaubens · Quarks und Co zu Glauben, Wissen und der Evolution von ReligionIn der Oster-Folge 2014 von "Quarks & Co" ging es um die Evolution von Religion. Dr. Michael Blume wirkte darin mit.
Computer simulations suggest that evolution itself could be evolving, depending on environmental pressures, meaning that the processes that change living things get revised as well. @ScienceAlert tells us why “this ain’t over yet.”
ScienceAlert · New Evidence Reveals Evolution Itself May Actually Be EvolvingComputer simulations suggest that evolution itself could be evolving, depending on environmental pressures.
new #Introduction for the bsky bridge : I’m a #BioChemist turned #ScienceWriter, write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Intertwined: From insects to icebergs Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around #biography of our old #cello. #PirateLuthier fixing unloved #violins #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse
*Drumroll*... review #500! The Future of Dinosaurs is a fresh take on pop-palaeo that flips the script by charting the limits of our knowledge.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Fossils #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Scicomm @bookstodon
The Inquisitive Biologist · Book review – The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don’t Know, What We Can, and What We’ll Never KnowThe Future of Dinosaurs is a fresh take on pop-palaeo that flips the script by charting the limits of our knowledge.
How popular crab memes amplify mistaken ideas about evolution.
Opinion piece from @SciAm: "Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and 'ultimate forms.' They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer."
Scientific AmericanCrab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about EvolutionMemes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer
Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved.
From @CNN: "Research published in the journal Geology suggests the flowing of ancient glaciers may have directly shaped chemical changes in the ocean that were critical for the evolution of complex organisms."
CNN · Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists sayGlaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may have shaped how life evolved, a study found.
The #Pokémon generation, like many before theirs, largely doesn't understand that biological #evolution is not directional. Evolution is not a tale of progress. It's just differential procreative success in the face of changing environments and random genetic drift. It's not headed anywhere. It's as purposeless as the solar system.
Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language.
@AssociatedPress reports a study proposes "that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way."
AP News · Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language
Wild Fish Recognize Individual Humans Who Feed Them | Max Plank Institute of Animal Behavior & University of Clermont Auvergne | Royal Society Biology Letters
#fish #evolution #cognition #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/02/25/wild-fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them/
