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How Atavisms Work

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Atavisms are traits that are left over from a distant evolutionary ancestor. Learn more about atavisms and the controversy surrounding atavism.

How Intelligent Design Works

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The intelligent design movement claims that life as we know it could not have developed through random natural processes. Learn about intelligent design and the controversy it has generated.

What if people had gills?

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If people had gills, they would need hundreds more than an average fish needs. Find out what would happen if people had gills at HowStuffWorks.

10 Ways Watches Have Evolved

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Portable timepieces have existed since the mid-1500s, but modern wristwatches are about 100 years old. Learn about watch evolution at HowStuffWorks.

What happens when animals evolve in isolation?

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Speciation events are when members of the same species separate until they are no longer able to reproduce with each other. Learn more about speciation events.

How Charles Darwin Worked

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How did Charles Darwin develop the idea of natural selection? And how did Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species" change our thinking and our world?

Are people without wisdom teeth more highly evolved?

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If wisdom teeth are so wise, why do they keep sprouting in the gums of people who don't need them anymore? Should a lack of wisdom teeth give you bragging rights as a highly evolved human?

New York City's Iconic Dakota Helped Gild the Gilded Age

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The Dakota is most famous as the apartment where former Beatle John Lennon lived and died, but it also played a key role in the evolution of New York City during the Gilded Age.

1986 Harley-Davidson XLH 1100

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The 1986 Harley-Davidson XLH 1100 introduced the first changes to the Sportster in thirty years. Learn about this Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

She's the Most Famous Paleobiologist You May Not Know

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The late Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. And her volumes of research provide most of what we know today about the evolution of modern mammals.

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