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Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
Biochemists have described
the process by which
bacteria developed into more
complex cells and found this
crucial step happened much
... > full story
Ancient Human Teeth Show That Stress Early in Development Can Shorten Life Span
Ancient human teeth are
telling secrets that may
relate to modern-day health:
Some stressful events that
occurred early in
... > full story
Last Ancestor Humans Shared With Worms Had Sophisticated Brain, microRNAs Show
The last ancestor we shared
with worms, which roamed the
seas around 600 million
years ago, may already have
had a sophisticated brain.
... > full story
DNA Testing on 2,000-Year-Old Bones in Italy Reveal East Asian Ancestry
Researchers excavating an
ancient Roman cemetery were
surprised when DNA testing
on a set of bones revealed
East Asian ancestry. ... > full story
- Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
- Ancient Human Teeth Show That Stress Early in Development Can Shorten Life Span
- Last Ancestor Humans Shared With Worms Had Sophisticated Brain, microRNAs Show
- DNA Testing on 2,000-Year-Old Bones in Italy Reveal East Asian Ancestry
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Developmental Delay May Explain Behavior of Easygoing Bonobo Apes
January 29, 2010 — New research suggests that evolutionary changes in cognitive development underlie the extensive social and behavioral differences that exist between two closely related species of great apes. The ... > full story -
Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure
January 28, 2010 — Psychologists argue that human languages may adapt more like biological organisms than previously thought and that the more common and popular the language, the simpler its construction to facilitate ... > full story -
Saving Endangered Languages from Being Forgotten
January 28, 2010 — With only 3.000 speakers in Northwest Siberia the Ob-Ugrian language Mansi is on the verge of extinction. Predictions say it will be extinct in ten to twenty years at the latest. The same holds true ... > full story -
Last Neanderthals in Europe Died out 37,000 Years Ago
January 27, 2010 — The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago -- and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new ... > full story -
Is the Hobbit's Brain Unfeasibly Small?
January 27, 2010 — Homo floresiensis, a pygmy-sized small-brained hominin popularly known as 'the Hobbit' was discovered five years ago, but controversy continues over whether the small brain is actually due to a ... > full story -
Most Modern European Males Descend from Farmers Who Migrated from the Near East
January 21, 2010 — A new study has found that most men in Europe descend from the first farmers who migrated from the Near East 10,000 years ... > full story -
Animals Populated Madagascar by Rafting There
January 21, 2010 — How did the lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses get to the large, isolated island of Madagascar sometime after 65 million years ago? A pair of scientists say their research confirms the ... > full story -
New Theory on the Origin of Primates
January 20, 2010 — New biogeographic evidence supports the origin of primates in the Jurassic and the evolution of the modern primate groups -- prosimians, tarsiers, and anthropoids -- by the early ... > full story -
Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes Evolving Faster Than Expected
January 15, 2010 — The first comprehensive comparison of Y chromosomes from two species sheds new light on Y chromosome evolution. Contrary to a widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly ... > full story -
Raft or Bridge: How Did Iguanas Reach Tiny Pacific Islands?
January 14, 2010 — Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards mostly found in the Americas, came to inhabit the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. For years, the leading explanation has ... > full story
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