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Posted December 4, 2003:

• Ocean Currents Slow Adaptation Of Tree-Dwelling Lizards, UCLA Study Finds; Research Sheds New Light On Island Evolution

Posted November 13, 2003:

• Research Sheds New Light On Process Of Evolution

Posted November 3, 2003:

• Debate Heats Up On Role Of Climate In Human Evolution

Posted August 15, 2003:

• Researchers Find A Pattern In Evolution Of Lizard Groups

Posted May 21, 2003:

• DNA Demands Chimps Be Grouped In The Human Genus, Say Wayne State Researchers

Posted April 11, 2003:

• Widespread Cannibalism May Have Caused Prehistoric Prion Disease Epidemics, Science Study Suggests

Posted April 8, 2003:

• University Of Georgia Scientists Plot Key Events In Plants' Evolution

Posted April 2, 2003:

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Oldest Bushbabies, Lorises

Posted March 27, 2003:

• New Species Of Earliest-Known Salamanders Found In China

Posted January 21, 2003:

• Evolving Slower Gets You The Bigger Piece Of The Pie

Posted December 26, 2002:

• Did Early Humans Mate With The Locals? Human Genome Data Cast Doubt On "Replacement Theory" Of Human Evolution

Posted December 6, 2002:

• New Theory Explains Economic Growth In Terms Of Evolutionary Biology

Posted December 4, 2002:

• Revolutionary New Theory For Origins Of Life On Earth

Posted October 31, 2002:

• USC Scientists Uncover Secrets Of Feather Formation; "Jurassic Chicken" Project May Help Studies Of Human Development And Evolution Of Dinosaurs

Posted September 11, 2002:

• Overlapping Genetic And Archaeological Evidence Suggests Neolithic Migration

Posted September 4, 2002:

• Dinosaur Ancestor's Vision Possibly Nocturnal; Researchers Recreate 240-Million Year Old Protein In Test Tube

Posted August 7, 2002:

• Computational Geneticists Revisit A Mystery In Evolution

Posted August 2, 2002:

• Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged

Posted May 9, 2002:

• Origin Of Bipedalism Seems Most Closely Tied To Environmental Changes
• Researchers Discover Clues To Whale Evolution

Posted April 18, 2002:

• Scientists Push Back Primate Origins From 65 Million To 85 Million Years Ago

Posted March 27, 2002:

• University Of Alaska Biologist Tracking Extinct Bears

Posted March 25, 2002:

• New Dinosaur Related To Triceratops

Posted March 7, 2002:

• Humans Emerged "Out Of Africa" Again And Again

Posted February 14, 2002:

• New Species Clarifies Bird-Dinosaur Link

Posted February 7, 2002:

• First Genetic Evidence Uncovered Of How Major Changes In Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution

Posted January 31, 2002:

• Water Lily May Provide A "Missing Link" In The Evolution Of Flowering Plants

Posted January 30, 2002:

• New Theory Of The Evolution Of Bird Flight Linked To Parental Care

Posted January 4, 2002:

• Inherent Speed Limit Governs How Quickly Life Bounces Back After Extinction, UC Berkeley Research Shows

Posted December 14, 2001:

• Researchers Find Closest Living Relative Of First Land Plants

Posted October 12, 2001:

• Rafting Rodents From Africa May Have Been Ancestors Of South American Species

Posted September 20, 2001:

• New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin

Posted August 10, 2001:

• First Land Plants And Fungi Changed Earth's Climate, Paving The Way For Explosive Evolution Of Land Animals, New Gene Study Suggests

Posted May 11, 2001:

• Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians

Posted April 3, 2001:

• Oily Fossils Provide Clues To The Evolution Of Flowers

Posted March 29, 2001:

• Major Fossil Find Reveals Asian Origins Of Salamanders

Posted February 13, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

Posted January 11, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans
• New Fossil Found In Mongolia Provides Insight Into The Origin Of Living Birds And The Evolution Of Flight

Posted October 23, 2000:

• Astrobiologists Probe A Desert Galapagos To See Evolution's Great Leap

Posted June 25, 2000:

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link

Posted May 29, 2000:

• Equatorial Water May Have Provided Means Of Survival

Posted May 16, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted March 31, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted March 17, 2000:

• Newly Discovered Fossils From China Shed Light On Common Ancestry Of Monkeys, Apes And Humans

Posted February 4, 2000:

• University Of Hawaii Researchers Find Myoglobin-Like Proteins In Ancient Microorganisms
• Life On Land Tied To Gene Expansion

Posted January 26, 2000:

• We Are Not Alone Or Are We?

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