branching

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The Ledi Geraru findings add to a growing picture of early human evolution as a crowded, branching story.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Wags are calling it the “lobstermander” because the new House District 7 extends like a crustacean with the tail in heavily Democratic northern Virginia to the body stretching downstate and branching into two claws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The humble filled egg is just one of many Easter staples on the shelves that seem to be branching out into all sorts of flavours.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But the case is branching off into some new directions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The gorgonians tend to grow in closely packed, branching masses, but they do not fuse to each other; if they did, their morphogenesis would doubtless become a shambles.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas