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At an independent high school in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rocio Soto teaches biology and human anatomy, connecting modern physiology to ancestral traits. She writes for Biology Insights on human evolution and our place in the animal world. Soto received a BS in life sciences from Northern Michigan University.

When Did Our Human Ancestors Become Mostly Hairless?Biology
Does It Hurt to Lay Eggs? A Biological Explanation Zoology
Are Humans Born With Tails? The Scientific Answer Genetics
Why Are Sinuses Considered Vestigial Structures?Biology
Where Did Herpes Originate? The Evolution of HSV-1 and HSV-2 Biology
Why Is My Nose Flat? Genetics, Evolution, and More Genetics
What Were Humans Meant to Eat? An Evolutionary Perspective Biology
Why Are Basketball Players So Tall?Genetics
What Is the Omnivore Diet? A Biological Perspective Diet & Weight
Do Redheads Overheat Faster? The Science Explained Biology
What Is Sexual Dichromatism and Why Do Animals Have Different Colors?Zoology
What Are Structural Adaptations in Biology?Biology
Why Is the Little Toe a Vestigial Structure?Biology
Is Darwin’s Tubercle Bad? Health and Evolution Explained Biology
What Is the Difference Between Homologous and Analogous Structures?Biology
Why Is Dwarfism a Beneficial Adaptation for Animals?Zoology
Monkey Skull Anatomy Features and Primate Comparison Mammals
What Are Heterologous Structures in Biology?Biology
What Are Euprimates, Our Earliest Primate Ancestors?Zoology
Why Humans Have Canines: Their Function and Evolution Zoology
Do Apes Laugh? The Evolutionary Roots of Their Laughter Zoology
Why Did Humans Lose Body Hair but Keep Hair on Our Heads?Biology
Are Humans Top Predators or Something Else Entirely?Zoology
Why Do Women Have Bigger Hips Than Men?Reproductive
Why Don’t Apes Have Tails? The Evolutionary Reason Mammals
Why Don’t Humans Have a Mating Season?Zoology
Chordate Diversity: Vertebrates, Invertebrates, and Adaptations Zoology
What Is a Prey Communication Device in Biology?Biology
What Is Protogyny? The Biology of Sex Reversal Biology
Why Can’t Monkeys Talk? The Biological Reasons Zoology