Origins

An origin myth is a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.

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How raccoon dog DNA fits into the COVID-19 origins debate

COVID-origins study links raccoon dogs to Wuhan market: what scientists think

New Study Sheds Light on Origins and Domestication of Grapevines

New Insight Into the Extraterrestrial Origins of Earth’s Lakes, Rivers and Oceans

WHO Accuses China of Withholding Data on Covid’s Origins

New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market

Study Offers New Insights into Extraterrestrial Origins of Earth’s Water

SpaceX delivers new science experiments to ISS to explore origins of life on Earth

NASA's Latest Asteroid Explorer Celebrates Our Ancient Origins in Space and on Earth

Astronomers Traced The Origins of Water to a Time Before The Sun

Covid Origins Hearing Opens With Arguments for Lab Leak Theory

Hearing on Covid’s Origins Promises Politics Mixed With Substance

Humanity’s Quest To Discover the Origins of Life in the Universe – “We Are Living in an Extraordinary Moment in History”

A World in a Test Tube: Removing Traces of Life in Lab Helps NASA Scientists Study Its Origins

Genomic study of indigenous Africans paints complex picture of human origins and local adaptation

China Responds To Lab Leak Report—Says U.S. Is ‘Politicizing’ Search For Covid Origins

Professors at the University of Oregon are studying the origins of humankind at a dig site in Kenya, and they say they’ve found some of the earliest available evidence of the development of technology.

Plague Trackers: Uncovering the Elusive Origins of the Black Death

Unraveling the Origins of the Building Blocks of Life: The Role of Interstellar Clouds

Computational modeling sheds light on human cognition and the origins of brain disorders