Charles Darwin in the News

Posted April 15, 2006:

• Chimpanzees And Humans Have Gene Variant, For Different Reasons

Posted April 12, 2006:

• Separate Genetic Mutations Gave People, Chimps Bitter-Taste Sensitivity
• Evolutionary Proof That (Eating) The Chicken Came Before The Egg

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Evolution Follows Few Of The Possible Paths To Antibiotic Resistance

Posted April 8, 2006:

• Controversial Findings Help Explain Evolution Of Life

Posted April 7, 2006:

• Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago; Insects Needed Flowering Plants To Flourish

Posted April 6, 2006:

• Evolution Of 'Irreducible Complexity' Explained
• Newly Found Species Fills Evolutionary Gap Between Fish And Land Animals

Posted April 4, 2006:

• Why Are Animals Altruistic?
• Evolutionary Scrap-Heap Challenge: Antifreeze Fish Make Sense Out Of Junk DNA

Posted March 27, 2006:

• 'Accelerated Evolution' Converts RNA Enzyme To DNA Enzyme In Vitro

Posted March 16, 2006:

• Evolution In Action: Why Some Viruses Jump Species

Posted March 3, 2006:

• Convergent Evolution Of Molecules In Electric Fish
• A New Tree Of Life Allows A Closer Look At The Origin Of Species

Posted February 28, 2006:

• Study Of Dinosaurs Part Of Pitt Medical School Plan To Graduate Better Doctors
• Life, The Remake

Posted February 24, 2006:

• New Evidence That Natural Selection Is A General Driving Force Behind The Origin Of Species

Posted February 23, 2006:

• Scientists Reveal Ancient Origin Of Vertebrate Skeleton In Unlovable Lamprey

Posted February 21, 2006:

• There's Something Fishy About Human Brain Evolution

Posted February 13, 2006:

• Researchers Evolve A Complex Genetic Trait In The Laboratory

Posted February 7, 2006:

• Scientists Force Viruses To Evolve As Better Delivery Vehicles For Gene Therapy

Posted February 6, 2006:

• Experimental Evolution Of Yeast In The Lab May Illuminate Early Events In Speciation
• Mutation In Brain Cells Of Descendants Of Abraham Lincoln Suggest He Suffered From Movement Disorder

Posted January 31, 2006:

• Genetic Evidence Shows Colonialists Pushed Orangutans To Brink Of Extinction

Posted January 26, 2006:

• Pitt Professor's Theory Of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research

Posted January 23, 2006:

• UCSD Biologists Find New Evidence For One-Way Evolution

Posted January 19, 2006:

• The Evolution Of Food Plants: Genetic Control Of Grass Flower Architecture

Posted January 18, 2006:

• Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals

Posted January 17, 2006:

• Nearly Half Of Ashkenazi Jews Descended From Four 'Founding Mothers'

Posted January 3, 2006:

• History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers

Posted December 27, 2005:

• Fish Evolve A Longer Lifespan By Evolving A Longer Reproductive Period, Researchers Find

Posted December 26, 2005:

• New Study Shows Animal Family Tree Looking Bushy In Places

Posted December 24, 2005:

• Science's Breakthrough Of The Year: Watching Evolution In Action

Posted December 22, 2005:

• Scientists Narrow The Time Limits For The Human And Chimpanzee Split

Posted December 21, 2005:

• Scientists Sequence DNA Of Woolly Mammoth

Posted December 16, 2005:

• Research Bolsters Controversial Hypothesis On Genome Size And Evolution

Posted December 12, 2005:

• Key Brain Regulatory Gene Shows Evolution In Humans

Posted December 5, 2005:

• Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In Species

Posted November 29, 2005:

• MicroRNAs Have Shaped The Evolution Of The Majority Of Mammalian Genes

Posted November 24, 2005:

• Earliest Animals Had Human-Like Genes

Posted November 22, 2005:

• The First Laugh: New Study Posits Evolutionary Origins Of Two Distinct Types Of Laughter
• Genealogy Of Scaly Reptiles Rewritten By New Research

Posted November 16, 2005:

• Missing Fossil Link 'Dallasaurus' Found

Posted November 15, 2005:

• 'Perception' Gene Tracked Humanity's Evolution, Scientists Say

Posted October 28, 2005:

• Picky Female Frogs Drive Evolution Of New Species In Less Than 8,000 Years

Posted October 26, 2005:

• Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution And Disease

Posted October 23, 2005:

• Natural Selection Has Strongly Influenced Recent Human Evolution, Study Finds

Posted October 20, 2005:

• UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance

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