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A new study reveals that when burying beetle larvae are denied parental support, they evolve bigger jaws to compensate.

A study by scientists from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has revealed how cooperative behaviour between insect family members changes how rapidly body size evolves – with the speed of evolution increasing when individual animals help one another.

New research shows beetles that received no care as larvae were less effective at raising a large brood as parents. Males paired with ‘low quality’ females - those that received no care as larvae - paid the price by dying younger, researchers found.