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Development of Hands and Feet May Help Unlock Evolution's Toolkit
July 3, 2013 — Thousands of sequences that control genes are active in the developing human limb and may have driven the evolution of the human hand and foot, a comparative genomics study has ... > full story -
Archaeologists Unearth Tuscaloosa's Early History
June 26, 2013 — As the former location of a Civil War outhouse and POW facility to an antebellum furniture maker and ice factory, a patch of dirt in downtown Tuscaloosa has hidden a wealth of Southern history within ... > full story -
A 700,000-Year-Old Horse Gets Its Genome Sequenced
June 26, 2013 — Scientists have just sequenced the oldest genome from a prehistoric creature. They have done so by sequencing and analyzing short pieces of DNA molecules preserved in bone-remnants from a horse that ... > full story -
How Throwing Made Us Human
June 26, 2013 — Scientists collected motion data from baseball players to uncover why humans are such good throwers. Little leaguers and professional baseball players alike have our extinct ancestors to thank for ... > full story -
Two Mutations Triggered an Evolutionary Leap 500 Million Years Ago
June 24, 2013 — Scientists have discovered two key mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution 500 million years ago. In a feat of "molecular time travel," the researchers resurrected and analyzed the functions of ... > full story -
Snail Trail Reveals Ancient Human Migration
June 20, 2013 — Geneticists have used snails to uncover evidence of an ancient human migration from the Pyrenean region of France to ... > full storyMore: -
Scientists Date Prehistoric Bacterial Invasion Still Present in Today's Plant and Animal Cells
June 19, 2013 — How long ago did bacteria invade the one-celled ancestors of plants and animals to become energy-producing mitochondria and photosynthesizing chloroplasts? Researchers developed a statistical way to ... > full story -
Was Prehistoric Rock Art Strategically Placed to Reveal a Cosmological Puzzle?
June 19, 2013 — Recently, the discoveries of prehistoric rock art have become more common. With these discoveries, according to one researcher, comes a single giant one -- all these drawing and engravings map the ... > full story -
New Research Backs Genetic 'Switches' in Human Evolution
June 19, 2013 — A new study offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees some 4 million to 6 million years ago was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences that play roles in ... > full story -
New Language Discovery in Remote Indigenous Community in Australia Reveals Linguistic Insights
June 18, 2013 — A new language has been discovered in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia that is generated from a unique combination of elements from other ... > full story
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