Sentences with phrase «evolutionary early step»

It's a nice surprise, then, that It Follows plays neither as a childlike regression nor an apotheosis into serious filmmaking, but as an evolutionary early step in what ought to be a fascinating career: an impeccably crafted little thriller that's actually about something, if not too many things.

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Shorter spines seen on some ancient specimens could have functioned somewhat like teeth and might have been an early evolutionary step toward tooth development, Briggs proposes.

«This study takes an important step» toward resolving why horses shed digits during their early evolution, says Karen Sears, an evolutionary biologist at UCLA.

The inside surface of Jebel Irhoud braincases, which were long and low, has a distinctive shape that perhaps represents an early evolutionary step toward later humans» rounded skullcaps, suggests paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer.

«The next step is to create a dated evolutionary history for the group, from the earliest ancestors to present day.»

Underpinning this is Conway Morris» claim that convergence is demonstrable at every major stepping stone in evolutionary history, from early cells, through to the emergence of tissues, sensory systems, limbs, and the ability to make and use tools.

«This is a highly significant step in terms of sorting out what happened early in evolution and what happened later,» says Michael Donoghue, an evolutionary biologist at Yale University, who was not involved in the research.

A tiny sea creature identified from fossils found in China may be the earliest known step on an evolutionary path that eventually led to the emergence of humans