Freshwater dolphins are evolutionary relics, and their calls give clues to the origins of cetacean communication in general. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Honeybees Can Put Two and Two Together
The tiny brain of a honeybee is apparently able to calculate small numbers addition and subtraction. Annie Sneed reports.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hyena Society Stability Has Last Laugh
Female hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social networks. Jason G. Goldman reports.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Busted Mastodon Is Ice Age Roadkill
A mastodon said to be pulverized by Ice Age humans was probably busted up by roadwork
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mastodons to the Max
A fossil skeleton found in California leads to the discovery of a new mastodon species.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Urban Coyote Evolution Favors the Bold
Coyotes become fearless around people in just a few generations—which isn’t good for their longterm co-existence with humans in cities. Jason G. Goldman reports.
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Philippine Fossils Add Surprising New Species to Human Family Tree
The second tiny ancestor found in the islands of southeast Asia, Homo luzonensis challenges prevailing views of early human dispersal and adaptability
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Teaching Evolution to Tibetan Monks
When cultural beliefs clash with science, a little humor and a little humility never hurts
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How the Samoan Tattoo Survived Colonialism
Several factors, from geography to group identity, helped this traditional body art endure—even as similar practices were lost in other cultures
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Tiny Footprints May Have Been Made by World’s Smallest Nonavian Dinosaur
The raptorlike prints could also have been from juveniles of a larger species
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