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What is the most recent well-attested common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans?

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Do other forms of life perceive sensations logarithmically?

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Does mitochondrial eve have to exist?

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What does the 4DTv (four-fold synonymous) mean?

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What was the evolutionary advantage of having seeds so large that they could only be dispersed by megafauna?

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Can hunting of large specimens of a species make the size and weight of the species tend to be smaller?

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Is there “stem” organelles in plant meristems?

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Why are eggs “egg” shaped?

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How do microbes spread from a small place to a very large place?

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