For the first time, scientists have observed the wild hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay during a study near San Antonio, Texas. The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, according to a study published Sept. 10 in the journal Ecology and Evolution. “We think …
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Evolution isn’t a straight line: Modern humans come from 2 ancient lineages
Sign up for Big Think on Substack The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free. “Two souls, alas, dwell in my breast.” Like Goethe’s Doctor Faust, we all have an inner duality. Recent discoveries about the deep past of human evolution reveal that for more than a million years, humanity was divided into …
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