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29 questions linked to/from Why do the ancestors of birds still exist?
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Is evolution a fact? [closed]
Richard Dawkins in one of his videos says that Evolution is a fact and not just a theory.
He goes on to say that man and chimpanzees both evolve from apes.
Is this correct (Is evolution a fact and ...
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How could humans have interbred with Neanderthals if we're a different species?
To be clear, I'm not doubting that Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis did interbreed: of that much I'm convinced.
Within the past few years I've seen an upcropping of pop-sci articles discussing ...
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Why don't mammals have more than 4 limbs?
Arthropods have 6 or more limbs and arthropods with 6 limbs appear to move faster than arthropods with 8 limbs so I wonder whether this might have something to do with fast and efficient locomotion. ...
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Human evolution: Where *exactly* did the first human come from, whose parents were not?
Layman here. So I have never really quite understood this facet of human evolution, (or any other for that matter), in that, I understand the evolutionary process, but I get lost on the 'border' cases....
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Who are humans' closest relatives, after primates?
This question here addresses the controversy of whether humans are more closely related to bonobos or chimps.
My question is - which group of animals are are closest relatives, beyond primates? Or ...
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Are red blood cells prokaryotic?
After searching "do antibiotics impact the immune system" I found out that antibiotics target prokaryotic cells. It all made a lot of sense thinking about all those yogurt recommendations you get ...
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If dinosaurs could have feathers, would they still be reptiles?
I just finished watching a video where it was mentioned that nowadays birds are dinosaurs and non-avians dinosaurs could have feathers.
I confirmed this from wikipedia:
Birds are highly advanced ...
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Did cats evolve from monkeys ? or vice versa?
Did cats evolve from monkeys? or vice versa?
How similar are the genes of cats and monkeys?
What is the proof that they are related or that they are not related?
Most monkeys climb in trees and ...
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Can prawns be classified as fish, or is their position ambiguous?
Today a zoologist told me that prawns and fish are very similar, but zoologists/taxonomists have put them in different categories because their distinction is unclear (like hydrogen in the periodic ...
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Birds and Dinosaurs
This came up in an argument with some friends. I know that birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs, shown pretty clearly through the fossil record. However, is it proper to say that birds are ...
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Evolution of the (phenotypic) facial features of the indigenous people of (west/central) Africa
I am not even remotely an expert in this field; I just got curious, so help me.
First of all, let us remove all human sentimental attributes from this question (such as connotations of scientific ...
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Did we evolve from Africans?
I learned about The Theory Of Evolution in middle school and our teachress told us that we evolved from African People. Is that true? How?
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Did we evolve from monkeys?
Since I was young, I always understood that evolution taught that we descended from monkeys (or apes, not too sure a distinction was ever made). However, someone recently told me that this isn't ...
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How is DNA testing used to differentiate between different species?
How is DNA testing used to determine that specimens belong to different species, rather than being subspecies, or members of the same species?
Usually the definition of species is about the ability to ...
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How has the theory of evolution changed over time?
I learned at school and in the documentaries like everybody that (to summarize) molluscs evolved into fishes then reptiles then mammals then humans.
Does the theory still make the same claim ? or ...
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