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The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time researchers use data from ...

Paleontologists in Peru have uncovered a remarkable 9-million-year-old fossil, which belonged to an ancestor of the great ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...

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The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

This mix of traits highlights the complexity and diversity of early mollusks, and suggests that their evolutionary history is ...

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