12 stories tagged with #ancestor, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Toothy human ancestor may have traveled in all-male packs
The strong and hefty hominin ‘Paranthropus boisei’ may have been more social than scientists thought.…
Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage
After a heart attack, the heart tissue is often irreparably damaged. According to UCSF study, the issue may date back to our earliest mammalian ancestors.…
‘Mārama’ Director Details His ‘Rebellious’ Māori Ancestors, Whose Dancing and Tattoos Protested Colonization and Inspired His Revenge Tale
'Mārama' director Taratoa Stappard reveals how his rebellious ancestors inspired his new horror movie about colonization.…
Kyra Sedgwick says knowing her ancestor signed the Declaration of Independence 'means a lot' to her
Kyra Sedgwick says democracy and the Constitution mean a lot to her, revealing ancestor William Ellery signed the Declaration of Independence.…
Scientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in your blood
Scientists uncovered evidence that human blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By rebuilding the evolutionary family…
This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs
This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs: It came on the scene during a time of evolutionary experimentation…
TIL the gene that builds the mammalian placenta came from a virus. A retrovirus infected our ancestors over 100 million years ago, integrated into their DNA, and the gene encoding its cell-fusion protein got repurposed to bond mother and fetus.
10 years on, Samsung's Galaxy Bud ancestors offer a few features I'd still love to see on modern earbuds
We're in a Bud world, but the Gear still turns…
Humans and Chimpanzees Have Surprisingly Similar Wrists — Both May Trace Back to a Knuckle-Walking Ancestor
Learn about the similarities between the wrist bones of humans and African apes, which may point to shared knuckle-walking roots.…
New insights into how the human hand evolved from our ape-like ancestors
When Did Crabs Evolve Their Iconic Sideways Scuttle? Scientists Traced It to a 200-Million-Year-Old Common Ancestor
The findings suggest that their famous lateral movement evolved just once. It may have helped the animals rapidly spread and diversify because traveling in two directions meant the…
Americans hoping to claim Canadian citizenship look back centuries to find ancestors
Document requests from would-be citizens have swamped archives across Canada…