It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.”
Source: Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts” | Evolution News
Reef fish evolution driven by biting
Terrawatch: how mass extinctions can spur on evolution
Evidence from 252m years ago shows surviving animals bounced back stronger, fitter, faster and smarter
Source: Terrawatch: how mass extinctions can spur on evolution | Science | The Guardian
Why Can’t You Remember the First Years of Your Life? What Scientists Know About ‘Infantile Amnesia’
No one knows for sure why we can’t remember the things that happened to us when we were infants—but scientists have a few guesses.
Source: Why Can’t You Remember the First Years of Your Life? What Scientists Know About ‘Infantile Amnesia’
Scientists reveal origin of mammal evolution milestone: warm-bloodedness
Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution, examining ear anatomy of living and extinct mammals and their close relatives to determine when warm-bloodedness – a trait integral to the lineage’s success – first emerged.
Source: Scientists reveal origin of mammal evolution milestone: warm-bloodedness | Reuters
How Penguins Beat the Heat and Went South
Do we need a new theory of evolution? | Evolution | The Guardian
The long read: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology
Source: Do we need a new theory of evolution? | Evolution | The Guardian
How the ‘Diamond of the Plant World’ Helped Land Plants Evolve | Quanta Magazine
Structural studies of the robust material called sporopollenin reveal how it made plants hardy enough to reproduce on dry land.
Source: How the ‘Diamond of the Plant World’ Helped Land Plants Evolve | Quanta Magazine
Plant study hints evolution may be predictable
Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events—and therefore largely unpredictable.
Evolution: A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water
A fossil from 385 million years ago named Qikiqtania wakei shows that a descendant of early land animals lost its adaptations for land and became a more efficient swimmer
Source: Evolution: A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water | New Scientist
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