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发表于 2019-06-18 ancestor similar monkey

Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…

We Owe Our Pumpkins to Pooping Megafauna

发表于 2019-11-01 pooping megafauna ancestor

The pumpkin’s ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Le…

Tiny Wormlike Creature May Be Our Oldest Known Ancestor

发表于 2020-03-30 555 wormlike ancestor

The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago. Learn more…

Chikungunya Outbreak, Glacial Outbursts and a New Human Ancestor

发表于 2025-08-19 outbursts glacial chikungunya

The chikungunya virus is rapidly spreading in China. Could it make its way to the U.S.? Meanwhile in Alaska a glacial lake outburst flooded the nearby Mendenhal…

Bite Me: The Mutation That Made Corn Kernels Consumable

发表于 2015-08-12 kernels consumable mutation

A single-point mutation in corn's ancestor teosinte got rid of the hard shell that used to encase every kernel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone…

Episode 237 - Simon Talbot

发表于 2017-02-07 talbot antibiotic ancestor

Danish comedian Simon Talbot ( @simontalbot_ ) recently relocated to the US, and he joins Matt and Andy to talk about Andy's cold apartment, Jehovah's witnessin…

Meet Sharbat, the Ancestor of Sorbet, Syrup, Shrub, Sherbet, and Pretty Much Everything Else Cool

发表于 2019-08-06 ancestor sorbet shrub

Many of you won’t have heard of sharbat, the delightfully tangy, refreshingly icy Persian drink. But most of you will have tasted at least one of its many desce…