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Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

11 November 2020

Hugs, handshakes and air kisses serve the same crucial purposes as animal greetings like sniffing, eye poking and buttock grabbing
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We may finally have figured out which group of animals evolved first

6 November 2020

Biologists have argued for more than 10 years over which animal group is the oldest, but a new analysis points the finger at the jellyfish-like ctenophores

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