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Scientists Discover 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision
March 11, 2010 — By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human ... > full story -
Students' Perceptions of Earth's Age Influence Acceptance of Human Evolution
March 10, 2010 — High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a new study. A 2009 ... > full story -
Unselfish Molecules May Have Helped Give Birth to the Genetic Material of Life
March 8, 2010 — One of the biggest questions facing scientists today is how life began. Scientists have discovered that small molecules could have acted as "molecular midwives" in helping the building blocks of ... > full story -
Strategic Research Program Needed to Determine Whether, How Past Climate Influenced Human Evolution
March 3, 2010 — Understanding how past climate may have influenced human evolution could be dramatically enhanced by an international cross-disciplinary research ... > full story -
'Missing Link' Fossil Was Not Human Ancestor as Claimed, Anthropologists Say
March 2, 2010 — A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebear of modern-day lemurs and lorises, according new ... > full story -
Modern Man Found to Be Generally Monogamous, Moderately Polygamous
March 2, 2010 — New research has found that modern man, or Homo sapiens, would have been monogamous while exhibiting tendencies toward polygamy over the course of evolutionary history. These findings are consistent ... > full story -
Genetic Footprint of Natural Selection
March 2, 2010 — A further step has been taken towards our understanding of natural selection. Scientists in France have shown that humans, and some of their primate cousins, have a common genetic footprint -- i.e., ... > full story -
Ancient DNA from Rare Fossil Reveals That Polar Bears Evolved Recently and Adapted Quickly
March 1, 2010 — DNA from a rare, ancient polar bear fossil is yielding information about the response of the species to the devastation wrought by past climate changes. Analyses of the fossil's DNA reveals key ... > full story -
Stickleback Genomes Shining Bright Light on Evolution
February 25, 2010 — Twenty billion pieces of DNA in 100 small fish have opened the eyes of biologists studying evolution. After combining new technologies, researchers now know many of the genomic regions that allowed ... > full story -
Interactions Between Species: Powerful Driving Force Behind Evolution?
February 25, 2010 — Scientists in the UK have provided the first experimental evidence that shows that evolution is driven most powerfully by interactions between species, rather than adaptation to the ... > full story
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