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Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans' scrapes and cuts tend to stick around for more than twice ...

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

A new article by UNSW Sydney researchers published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution suggests that introducing herbivorous ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Professor Emily Jane McTavish and colleagues at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have mapped the evolution of every known bird ...

In today’s health-conscious world, the shift towards plant-based diets is more apparent than ever. As more individuals adopt vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, the demand for alternative sources of ...