To approach a question 400 million years in the making, researchers turned to mudskippers, blinking fish that live partially out of water.
Humans are notoriously different frombirds. They belong to another evolutionary branch, and as such, they have very little in common with creatures like us. However, it is worth speculating on what would have happened if birds had evolved as the dominant species instead of humans—with the resu...
When we hold our breath underwater, our spleens contract and release any extra red blood cells back into the circulatory system. Essentially, by having a larger spleen, the Bajau can increase how much oxygen they can carry or hold in a single breath. Did The Bajau Just Get Lucky? Why Do...
If we started to develop webbed feet, the next step would be to have a tail, like a mermaid. If the change occurred in the top half of the body, with the development of fish eyes and gills to breath under water, the thought of what this could eventually lead to is frightening. Dr...
Somewhere along your ancestry, you both independently evolved to see the world with camera eyes, a complex mechanism with stunning similarities. These include the structure of the eyeball itself, the way the surrounding muscles move the eyeball, the pupil controlling the light penetration, and the ...
Humans can contrast particular pairs of speech only if they have heard them before in the early parts of their lives. Human beings differentiate the... Learn more about this topic: Phonological & Speech Articulation Errors | Diagnosis & Treatment ...
Describe the evolution of major animal phyla (name 8 of them) and explain how they are related to each other by describing which phyla they share and which they do not share 7 major characteristics. Explain how the world would be different if C4 plants and CAM...
Also that May, two Navy divers were making underwater repairs on the Point Loma whale enclosures. Throughout these sessions they would talk with their onshore dive supervisor through an audible underwater communications device known as a “wet phone.” In the middle of that...
Which of the following statements about respiratory and circulatory systems is not true? A. Amphibians can shut off their lungs when underwater, with blood flow continuing only to the skin, thus allowing skin breathing. B. ...
"It's interesting that many people who like shrimp and lobster think insects are yucky," she said. "But shellfish are kind of like underwaterinsects." Mareike C Janiak et al. Evolution of Acidic Mammalian Chitinase Genes (CHIA) Is Related to Body Mass and Insectivory in Primates,...