PinnedMattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)Richard Dawkins: the Selfish Gene, the Extended Phenotype and the “Meme” theoryRichard Dawkins’ birthday is March 26th, probably the best known and in some ways the most criticized evolutionary biologist (mostly due to…May 131May 131
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.Does Your Lifestyle Determine How You Decompose After Death?Research suggests that not all organisms decompose the same after death2h ago2h ago
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.What If Our Dear Neanderthal Cousins Hadn’t Gone Extinct?Okay, it’s an intriguing title, but I believe such a title is effective for introducing this article, published earlier this year, which…2d ago12d ago1
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.Neanderthals kissed Sapiens Between Flings, Self-Medicated, And Some Were Predominantly VegetarianThrough a myriad of studies, we now know that Sapiens and Neanderthals lived together, mated, and exchanged “opinions” on lithic…Jul 311Jul 311
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.Insect Wings May Have Evolved from GillsThe origin of insect wings remains unknown because fossils have never revealed transitional species that could testify to the evolution of…Jul 238Jul 238
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)Associative Learning is Also Typical of Jellyfish: “Learning from Mistakes” is an Ancient…This discovery is extraordinary because, until now, this behavior has never been associated with non-bilaterian animals (those…Jul 22Jul 22
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)Cannibalism was a common funerary practice in some parts of Europe around 15,000 years agoThanks to studies conducted by the Natural History Museum in London, genetic and archaeological evidence has been found linking cannibalism…Jul 22Jul 22
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.Neanderthals May Have Created The Oldest Known “Museum Collection”This discovery might possibly backdate a human practice of collecting artifacts that seemingly serve no functionJul 19Jul 19
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)Crocodiles Can Perceive the Cries of Human and Primate InfantsThe distress vocalizations of infants are an excellent strategy for alerting conspecifics even at long distances, but these “frequencies”…Jul 16Jul 16
Mattia Papàro (Appesi a un Phylum)inFossils et al.A series of fires caused a wave of megafauna extinctions in south of U.S.A.About 13,000 years ago, the so-called megafauna was already in crisis, as climatic changes made global ecosystems vulnerable and brought…Jul 167Jul 167