Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

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Denisovans have been difficult to trace in the fossil record. Scientists first identified the group in 2010 using DNA from a ...

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The human little toe is shrinking, but not the way most people assume. A biologist explains relaxed selection, fused toe bones and why shoes aren't to blame.

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