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Excavated Jericho Bones May Help Israeli-Palestinian-German Team Combat Tuberculosis
July 15, 2008 — Six-thousand year old bones excavated in Jericho may help a joint Israeli-Palestinian-German research group combat tuberculosis. The bones, which were all excavated between 50 and 70 years ago, will ... > full story -
Flatfish Fossils Fill In Evolutionary Missing Link
July 10, 2008 — Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even ... > full story -
Evolutionary Origin Of Mammalian Gene Regulation Is Over 150 Million Years Old
July 3, 2008 — Scientists have found that a complex, highly conserved and extremely important mechanism of controlling genes is over 150 million years old. The findings have provided new insights into the evolution ... > full story -
Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life
June 27, 2008 — The largest ever study of bird genetics redraws the avian evolutionary tree, challenges current classifications, alters our understanding of avian evolution, and provides a resource for future ... > full story -
Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain
June 24, 2008 — Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates. These findings ... > full story -
Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution
June 24, 2008 — What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers have come one important step closer to answering such evolutionary questions correctly. In the current issue of Science they uncover systematic ... > full story -
Heritage Of A Deadly Disease Pinpointed With Help From Iceland's Genealogical Database
June 23, 2008 — Scientists have used Iceland's genealogical database to trace the ancestors of patients suffering from hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy. Analysis shows that the deadly mutation in the ... > full story -
New Discovery Proves 'Selfish Gene' Exists
June 22, 2008 — A new discovery provides conclusive evidence that the "selfish" gene does exist. In studying genomes, the word "selfish" does not refer to self-centered behavior but rather to the blind tendency of ... > full story -
Male Homosexuality Can Be Explained Through A Specific Model Of Darwinian Evolution, Study Shows
June 18, 2008 — An Italian research team found that the evolutionary origin and maintenance of male homosexuality in human populations could be explained by a model based around the idea of sexually antagonistic ... > full story -
Shallow Water Corals Evolved From Deep Sea Ancestors
June 18, 2008 — New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. Stylasterids, or lace corals, diversified in deep waters before ... > full story -
Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars, Scientists Confirm
June 13, 2008 — Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin. The finding suggests that ... > full story -
Genetic Mutation Linked To Walking On All Fours
June 4, 2008 — What are the genes implicated in upright walking of humans? The discovery of four families in which some members only walk on all fours may help us understand how humans, unlike other primates, are ... > full story
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