Charles Darwin in the News

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Evolution of the Evolutionarily Minded

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Genetic Switch for Limbs and Digits Found in Primitive Fish: Before Animals First Walked on Land, Fish Carried Gene Program for Limbs
• Salamanders Spell out Evolution in Action

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Evolution and Domestication of Seed Structure Shown to Use Same Genetic Mutation

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Environs Prompt Advantageous Gene Mutations as Plants Grow; Changes Passed to Progeny
• Interaction Is Critical for the Evolution of the Language

Posted July 2, 2011:

• New Theory on Origin of Birds: Enlarged Skeletal Muscles

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Evolution to the Rescue: Species May Adapt Quickly to Rapid Environmental Change, Yeast Study Shows

Posted June 14, 2011:

• Life-History Traits of Extinct Species May Be Discoverable, Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Data Suggest

Posted June 10, 2011:

• Adjustable Valves Gave Ancient Plants the Edge

Posted June 9, 2011:

• Early Agricultural Piracy Informs the Domestication of Rice

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Unique Canine Tooth from 'Peking Man' Found in Swedish Museum Collection

Posted May 23, 2011:

• 'Death Anxiety' Prompts People to Believe in Intelligent Design, Reject Evolution, Study Suggests

Posted May 22, 2011:

• Out of Africa: How the Fruit Fly Made Its Way in the World

Posted May 21, 2011:

• Errors in Protein Structure Sparked Evolution of Biological Complexity

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Standing Up to Fight: Does It Explain Why We Walk Upright and Why Women Like Tall Men?

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Sodium Channels Evolved Before Animals' Nervous Systems

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Genomic Archeology Reveals Early Evolution of Sex Chromosomes

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Tiny Variation in One Gene May Have Led to Crucial Changes in Human Brain
• Evolutionary Adaptations Can Be Reversed, but Rarely

Posted May 8, 2011:

• Insects' Exuberant Helmet Is Actually an Extra Set of Wings, Researchers Show

Posted May 6, 2011:

• Sticking Their Necks out for Evolution: Why Sloths and Manatees Have Unusually Long (or Short) Necks

Posted May 3, 2011:

• Rice's Origins Point to China, Genome Researchers Conclude
• Lichen Evolved on Two Tracks, Like Marsupials and Mammals

Posted May 2, 2011:

• Ancestors of Land Plants Revealed

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Mutations in Single Gene May Have Shaped Human Cerebral Cortex

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Plankton Fossils Tell Tale of Evolution and Extinction

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Africa the Birthplace of Human Language, Analysis Suggests

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Weak Evidence for Word-Order Universals: Language Not as 'Innate' as Thought?
• Loch Fossils Show Life Harnessed Sun and Sex Early on

Posted April 11, 2011:

• New Genetic Study Helps Solve Darwin's Mystery About Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants

Posted April 6, 2011:

• Did Dinosaurs Have Lice? Researchers Say It's Possible

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Evolution: Not Only the Fittest Survive

Posted March 24, 2011:

• Glimpse of How the 'Code' of Life May Have Emerged

Posted March 21, 2011:

• The Case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event

Posted March 18, 2011:

• Flowering Plant Study 'Catches Evolution in the Act'
• A New Evolutionary History of Primates

Posted March 10, 2011:

• How Plants Sort and Eliminate Genes Over Millennia

Posted March 9, 2011:

• Missing DNA Helps Make Us Human
• Evolution Drives Many Plants and Animals to Be Bigger, Faster

Posted March 8, 2011:

• Function of 'Junk DNA' in Human Genes
• Stone Tools Influenced Hand Evolution in Human Ancestors, Anthropologists Say
• Peanut Worms Are Annelids

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Abundant Ammonia Aids Life's Origins

Posted March 4, 2011:

• Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate 'You Are What You Eat'

Posted March 3, 2011:

• 'David and Goliath' Viruses Shed Light on the Origin of Jumping Genes

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Mini or Massive? For Turtles and Tortoises, It All Depends on Where You Live

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