Charles Darwin in the News

Posted December 4, 2008:

• Dogs Chase Efficiently, But Cats Skulk Counterintuitively

Posted December 3, 2008:

• Flexibility Trumps Fitness In Sexual Reproduction, Says New Theory In Evolutionary Biology

Posted December 1, 2008:

• Humanity May Hold Key For Next Earth Evolution

Posted November 27, 2008:

• Two From One: Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors Mapped Out

Posted November 21, 2008:

• Discovery Of Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist Provides New Perspective On Animal Evolution

Posted November 20, 2008:

• Darwin Was Right About How Evolution Can Affect Whole Group

Posted November 19, 2008:

• What The Social Lives Of Brewer’s Yeast Say About Evolution

Posted November 14, 2008:

• Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life, Scientists Find

Posted November 12, 2008:

• Evolution's New Wrinkle: Proteins With 'Cruise Control' Act Like Adaptive Machines

Posted November 11, 2008:

• Annual Plants Converted Into Perennials
• Without Enzyme, Biological Reaction Essential To Life Takes 2.3 Billion Years
• Limb Loss In Lizards: Evidence For Rapid Evolution

Posted November 10, 2008:

• How Evolution Learns From Past Environments To Adapt To New Environments

Posted November 8, 2008:

• Tale Of Two Snails Reveals Secrets About The Biochemistry Of Evolution

Posted November 6, 2008:

• Being Unique Has Advantages: 'Rareness' Key To Some Insects Being Favored By Evolution
• DNA Chunks, Chimps And Humans: Marks Of Differences Between Human And Chimp Genomes

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts For Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species

Posted October 31, 2008:

• Predicting Evolution’s Next Best Move With Simulator

Posted October 29, 2008:

• New Cell Division Mechanism Discovered

Posted October 19, 2008:

• Genetic-based Human Diseases Are An Ancient Evolutionary Legacy, Research Suggests

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Scientists Propose Creation Of New Type Of Seed Bank

Posted October 8, 2008:

• DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

Posted October 7, 2008:

• Mysterious Snippets Of DNA Withstand Eons Of Evolution

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Gene Expression In Alligators Suggests Birds Have 'Thumbs'

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Short RNAs Show A Long History: MicroRNAs Found In Animals That Appeared A Billion Years Ago

Posted October 1, 2008:

• New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Meat-eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-like Breathing System

Posted September 23, 2008:

• Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers
• 'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found

Posted September 20, 2008:

• Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests

Posted September 16, 2008:

• New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants

Posted September 13, 2008:

• Computational Biochemist Uncovers A Molecular Clue To Evolution

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution

Posted September 7, 2008:

• Long-held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research

Posted September 6, 2008:

• Old Before Their Time? Aging Rate In Flies Twice As Fast In Wild Than In Laboratory

Posted September 5, 2008:

• DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots

Posted September 4, 2008:

• Molecular Evolution Is Echoed In Bat Ears
• Significance Of Milk In Development Of Culture To Be Studied

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life
• Person's Geographic Origins Located From DNA

Posted September 1, 2008:

• 'Armored' Fish Study Helps Strengthen Darwin's Natural Selection Theory

Posted August 25, 2008:

• How 'Secondary' Sex Characters Can Drive The Origin Of Species

Posted August 24, 2008:

• Exploding Chromosomes Fuel Research About Evolution Of Genetic Storage

Posted August 22, 2008:

• Manes, Trains And Antlers Explained: How Showy Male Traits Evolved
• Tracing Origins Of Critical Step In Animal Evolution: The Development Of Nerves

Posted August 19, 2008:

• Molecular Sleuths Track Evolution Through The Ribosome

Posted August 17, 2008:

• Surprising Details Of Evolution Of Protein Translation Revealed

Posted August 15, 2008:

• Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster

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