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Fossils and Genes Brought Together to Piece Together Evolutionary History
November 7, 2012 — Scientists have reviewed recent studies that have used modern genetic techniques to shed light on fossils, and vice ... > full story -
New Computational Method for Timing the Tree of Life
November 6, 2012 — A scientist has developed a new method for calculating species divergence, delivering accurate results at 1,000 times the speed of conventional ... > full story -
The Evolution of Creationism
November 5, 2012 — Throughout history, people have sought to understand how the world came to be and how it has changed over time. This curiosity has produced a rich legacy of science and philosophy and impacted and ... > full story -
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Solving a Biological Mystery: Gene Related to Germ Cell Formation Is Far Older Than First Thought
November 1, 2012 — Researchers have shown that insects like crickets possess a variation of a gene, called oskar, that has been shown to be critical to the production of germ cells in 'higher' insects, particularly ... > full story -
Grey Friars Female Skeleton Is Possibly of Founder
October 30, 2012 — Archaeologists leading the analysis of human remains found in the search for Richard III have commented on the second skeleton found at the Church of Grey Friars in ... > full story -
New Study Sheds Light on How and When Vision Evolved
October 29, 2012 — Opsins, the light-sensitive proteins key to vision, may have evolved earlier and undergone fewer genetic changes than previously believed, according to a new ... > full story -
Mummy Unwrapping Brought Egyptology to the Public
October 29, 2012 — Public “unwrappings” of real mummified human remains performed by both showmen and scientists heightened the fascination, but also helped develop the growing science of Egyptology, says a ... > full story -
Technology Helping to Crack Oldest Undeciphered Writing System
October 26, 2012 — New technology has allowed researchers to come closer than ever to cracking the world's oldest undeciphered writing system. Researchers in the UK have developed a Reflectance Transformation Imaging ... > full story -
Most Ancient Pottery Prehistoric Figurine of the Iberian Peninsula Found in Begues
October 26, 2012 — In the course of the excavation process in Can Sadurní cave (Begues), archeologists found the torso, with one complete arm and the initial part of the other, of a human figurine made of ... > full story -
Clearer Picture of How Assassin Bugs Evolved: Entomologists Reconstruct the Evolutionary History
October 25, 2012 — Assassin bugs, which lie in ambush for prey they attack with speed and agility, are found all over the world. But scientists' understanding of their evolutionary history is made difficult by access ... > full story
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