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Computer Scientists Find Mass Extinctions Can Accelerate Evolution

By Guest PostOctober 11, 2015Technologyaustin, computer scientists, fingernails, first modern primates, manicured nails, mass extinctions, primitive primate, simulation algorithms, spread of diseases, university of texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A computer science team at The University of Texas at Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs. Beyond its implications for artificial intelligence, the research supports the idea that mass extinctions actually speed up evolution by unleashing new creativity in adaptations. (more…)

Researchers Discover Oldest Evidence of Nails in Modern Primates

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2011Naturefingernails, first modern primates, grammar of fashion, jonathan bloch, manicured nails, modern primates, primitive primate, teilhardina brandti, thermal maximum

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga’s sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion. (more…)