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EarthHow dinosaurs hopped across an ocean
Land bridges may have once allowed dinosaurs and other animals to travel between North America and Europe around 150 million years ago, a researcher proposes.
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LifeYeasts hide in many lichen partnerships
Yeasts newly discovered in common lichens challenge more than a century of thinking about what defines the lichen symbiosis.
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AnthropologyHumans, birds communicate to collaborate
Bird species takes hunter-gatherers to honeybees’ nests when called on.
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GeneticsEvolution of gut bacteria tracks splits in primate species
Primates and microbes have been splitting in sync for at least 10 million years.