genus
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The team analyzed mitochondrial genomes from preserved crocodiles belonging to the genus Crocodylus, including rare samples from the Seychelles population that vanished roughly 200 years ago.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
That pattern appears to strengthen significantly with the emergence of the genus Homo.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
The site has produced the oldest known member of the genus Homo and the earliest known Oldowan stone tools on Earth.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The Huaxi Green Pitviper is now the 58th known species in the Trimeresurus genus and only the second from its subgenus recorded in Sichuan Province.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Humans first evolved in East Africa about 2.5 million years ago from an earlier genus of apes called Australopithecus, which means ‘Southern Ape’.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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