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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

11 August 2017

Goldfish and crucian carp have evolved enzymes that turn carbohydrates into alcohol when no oxygen is available – helping the fish survive in ice-locked pools
a partially excavated skull

Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor

9 August 2017

A 13-million-year-old skull found in Kenya provides the best evidence yet for the African origins of the ancient species that gave rise to all living apes

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