Charles Darwin in the News

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking
• How Plants Learned To Respond To Changing Environments

Posted July 12, 2007:

• Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed
• A First-principles Model Of Early Evolution

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome

Posted July 8, 2007:

• When Is A Worm Not A Worm? When It's A Jellyfish...

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Book Makes Case For Using Evolution In Everyday Life

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Which Came First: Primates' Ability To See Colorful Food Or See Colorful Sex?

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Human Immunity To 'Viral Fossil' May Help Explain Our Vulnerability To HIV

Posted June 20, 2007:

• Moss Genes Provided Fuse For Plant Life Explosion

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Scientists Propose The Kind Of Chemistry That Led To Life

Posted May 30, 2007:

• Why Are There No Unicorns?

Posted May 25, 2007:

• Color Vision Drove Primates To Develop Red Skin And Hair, Study Finds

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Scientists Evolve New Proteins From Scratch

Posted May 22, 2007:

• Study Of Protein Folds Offers Insight Into Metabolic Evolution

Posted May 16, 2007:

• Biotechnology Solves Debate Over Origin Of European Potato

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Species Thrive When Sexual Dimorphism Broadens Their Niches
• New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans

Posted April 28, 2007:

• Sea Snails Break The Law

Posted April 21, 2007:

• Human-chimp Gene Study Upsets Long-held View

Posted April 18, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Newer Than Previously Thought

Posted April 17, 2007:

• No Solution To Cancer: Have Our Genes Evolved To Turn Against Us?

Posted April 16, 2007:

• Disputing Coevolution In Herbivorous Insects: Do We Need A Paradigm Change?

Posted April 13, 2007:

• More Flight Than Fancy?
• Human-Chimp Differences Uncovered With Analysis Of Rhesus Monkey Genome

Posted April 3, 2007:

• Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish

Posted March 30, 2007:

• Biologists Call For Better Choice Of Model Organisms In 'Evo-devo'

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-day Mammals, Claim Researchers

Posted March 26, 2007:

• Simulated Populations Used To Probe Gene Mapping

Posted March 23, 2007:

• Global Warming Could Be Reversing A Trend That Led To Bigger Human Brains

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Scientist Develops New Mathematical Model To Study Disease Genetics And Evolution

Posted March 20, 2007:

• No Sex For 40 Million Years? No Problem

Posted March 16, 2007:

• RNA Enzyme Structure Offers A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Life
• Tooth Decay Analysis Supports 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted March 15, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover New Mammal From Mesozoic Era

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Lizards May Help Unlock Secrets of Evolution
• New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps
• Despite Their Heft, Many Dinosaurs Had Surprisingly Tiny Genomes

Posted March 7, 2007:

• 'Wingman' -- How Buddies Help Alpha Males Get The Girl
• Individuals And Populations Differ In Gene Activity Levels, Not Just Genes
• Man's Best Friend Lends Insight Into Human Evolution
• Irish Potato Famine Disease Came From South America

Posted March 6, 2007:

• Two-step Process Filters Evolution Of Genes Of Human And Chimpanzee

Posted March 1, 2007:

• Biological Kinship: Nonconscious Mechanism In Human Brain Identifies Genetic Siblings On Basis Of Ancient Cues
• Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected
• Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication

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