For years, we have all thought that human beings have evolved to their maximum. But researchers have now revealed that human babies are now being born with slightly different features.

In what is being termed as 'microevolution', scientists have found that babies are now being born with a slightly smaller jaw and&nbsp;extra bones in their legs and feet.

The babies are also being born without wisdom teeth now, but they seem to have an extra artery in their arms.

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The study was published in a&nbsp;study that was published in the Journal of Anatomy. The researchers of this study have claimed that human are evolving at a rate faster than any other creature or humans in the past have evolved at.

The change in wisdom teeth is because over time the human mouths have gotten smaller, which has resulted in less room for teeth in our mouths now.

Dr Teghan Lucas from Flinders University, Adelaide explained that due to our increased ability to chew food and also natural selection, fewer babies have wisdom teeth now.&nbsp;

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"A lot of people thought humans have stopped evolving. But our study shows we are still evolving - faster than at any point in the past 250 years," she added.

As for the artery, the&nbsp;median artery forms when a baby is in its mother's womb, but used to disappear after the baby was born. However, now,&nbsp;one in three people have their median arteries throughout their lives. ALthough, the researchers have assured that this poses no danger to the human lives.

Calling it 'micro evolution',&nbsp;Author Professor Maciej Henneberg explained,&nbsp;"The median artery is a perfect example of how we are still evolving because people born more recently have a higher prevalence of this artery when compared to humans from previous generations."

For years, we have all thought that human beings have evolved to their maximum. But researchers have now revealed that human babies are now being born with slightly different features.

For years, we have all thought that human beings have evolved to their maximum. But researchers have now revealed that human babies are now being born with slightly different features. In what is being termed as 'microevolution', scientists have found that babies are now being born with a slightly smaller jaw and extra bones in their legs and feet. The babies are also being born without wisdom teeth now, but they seem to have an extra artery in their arms. Also read| Researchers urge scientists to find more about bat viruses The study was published in a study that was published in the Journal of Anatomy. The researchers of this study have claimed that human are evolving at a rate faster than any other creature or humans in the past have evolved at. The change in wisdom teeth is because over time the human mouths have gotten smaller, which has resulted in less room for teeth in our mouths now. Dr Teghan Lucas from Flinders University, Adelaide explained that due to our increased ability to chew food and also natural selection, fewer babies have wisdom teeth now. Also read| Genes from extinct human cousins increase risk for severe COVID-19: Study "A lot of people thought humans have stopped evolving. But our study shows we are still evolving - faster than at any point in the past 250 years," she added. As for the artery, the median artery forms when a baby is in its mother's womb, but used to disappear after the baby was born. However, now, one in three people have their median arteries throughout their lives. ALthough, the researchers have assured that this poses no danger to the human lives. Calling it 'micro evolution', Author Professor Maciej Henneberg explained, "The median artery is a perfect example of how we are still evolving because people born more recently have a higher prevalence of this artery when compared to humans from previous generations."

Human 'microevolution' forming more arteries, less wisdom teeth in babies

A new study has found that about 120,000 years ago in what has now become northern Saudi Arabia, a small group of homo sapiens were present for a brief time to drink and seek food at a shallow lake.&nbsp;

The movements of these people were decoded by researchers in a study published in Science Advances on Thursday after finding ancient human and animal footprints in the Nefud Desert.&nbsp;

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It further said that this group may have hunted the large mammals but was not present there for long and likely to have used the watering hole to go for a long journey.&nbsp;

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The Arabian Peninsula that we know today has vast, arid deserts did not provide a favourable environment to early people and animals.

But studies in the last 10 years have shown that this was not always the scenario, due to natural climate variation, the place was much greener and humid.&nbsp;

"At certain times in the past, the deserts that dominate the interior of the peninsula transformed into expansive grasslands with permanent freshwater lakes and rivers," said study co-author Richard Clark-Wilson of Royal Holloway, as quoted by news agency AFP.&nbsp;

Mathew Stewart, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, the paper's first author, said the footprints were found on this PhD fieldwork in 2017 after the erosion of overlying sediments at an ancient lake known as 'Alathar' ("the truce" in Arabic).&nbsp;

"Footprints are a unique form of fossil evidence in that they provide snapshots in time, typically representing a few hours or days, a resolution we tend not to get from other records," he added.&nbsp;

A new study has found that about 120,000 years ago in what has now become northern Saudi Arabia, a small group of homo sapiens were present for a brief time to drink and seek food at a shallow lake.

A new study has found that about 120,000 years ago in what has now become northern Saudi Arabia, a small group of homo sapiens were present for a brief time to drink and seek food at a shallow lake. The movements of these people were decoded by researchers in a study published in Science Advances on Thursday after finding ancient human and animal footprints in the Nefud Desert. Also read | Another mass extinction led to rise in number of dinosaurs: Study It further said that this group may have hunted the large mammals but was not present there for long and likely to have used the watering hole to go for a long journey. Also read | Fossil footprints reveal existence of dinosaurs in South Africa 183 million years ago The Arabian Peninsula that we know today has vast, arid deserts did not provide a favourable environment to early people and animals. But studies in the last 10 years have shown that this was not always the scenario, due to natural climate variation, the place was much greener and humid. "At certain times in the past, the deserts that dominate the interior of the peninsula transformed into expansive grasslands with permanent freshwater lakes and rivers," said study co-author Richard Clark-Wilson of Royal Holloway, as quoted by news agency AFP. Mathew Stewart, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, the paper's first author, said the footprints were found on this PhD fieldwork in 2017 after the erosion of overlying sediments at an ancient lake known as 'Alathar' ("the truce" in Arabic). "Footprints are a unique form of fossil evidence in that they provide snapshots in time, typically representing a few hours or days, a resolution we tend not to get from other records," he added.

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