Charles Darwin in the News

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Powerful Supercomputer Peers Into the Origin of Life

Posted October 1, 2010:

• First Genetic Evidence for Loss of Teeth in the Common Ancestor of Baleen Whales

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Fossilized Giant Penguin Reveals Unusual Colors, Sheds Light on Bird Evolution
• Bedouin Tribe Reveals Secrets to 'GA-JOE' High-Tech Genome Analyzer

Posted September 29, 2010:

• Genome Inversion Gives Plant a New Lifestyle

Posted September 28, 2010:

• 'Hobbit' Was an Iodine-Deficient Human, Not Another Species, New Study Suggests
• Complexity Not So Costly After All: Moderately Complex Plants and Animals Can Be Better Equipped to Adapt

Posted September 27, 2010:

• Genetic Clues to Evolution of Jaws in Vertebrates Unearthed

Posted September 24, 2010:

• City Living Helped Humans Evolve Immunity to Tuberculosis and Leprosy, New Research Suggests

Posted September 16, 2010:

• How Bacteria Acquire Immunity: First Theoretical Description of Bacterial System to Silence Viral Genes

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Adapting to Darkness: How Behavioral and Genetic Changes Helped Cavefish Survive Extreme Environment

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Ancient Viral Invasion Shaped Human Genome

Posted September 6, 2010:

• Role of Key Genetic Catalyst for Human Diversity Discovered
• Acting Selfish? Blame Your Mother!

Posted September 5, 2010:

• Mosquitoes: Genetic Structure of First Animal to Show Evolutionary Response to Climate Change Determined

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Brainy Worms: Scientists Uncover Counterpart of Cerebral Cortex in Marine Worms

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Evolution Rewritten, Again and Again

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event

Posted August 27, 2010:

• Analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish Genomes Reveals Diversity, History

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Scientists Say

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Evolution Writ Small: Physical Effects of Evolution Measured at Molecular Scale
• Cactus Genes Connect Modern Mexico to Its Prehistoric Past

Posted August 24, 2010:

• Darwin's Family Tree Re-Discovered

Posted August 17, 2010:

• 'Mitochondrial Eve': Mother of All Humans Lived 200,000 Years Ago

Posted August 15, 2010:

• Dangerous Bacterium Hosts Genetic Remnant of Life's Distant Past

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Mosasaur Fossil: Life of 85-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Monster' Illuminated

Posted August 7, 2010:

• Insular Evolution: Large and Big-Footed Voles in an Outer Archipelago

Posted August 6, 2010:

• Secret of Life on Earth May Be as Simple as What Happens Between the Sheets -- Mica Sheets, That Is

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Genome of Ancient Sponge Reveals Origins of First Animals, Cancer

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Sponge Shines Light on Life's Origin: Genome Connects the Dots Between Amphimedon, Animal Descendants
• Genomic Sequencing of Marine Sponge Published; Revealed Early Genetic Complexity and Roots of Cancer

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Ötzi’s Secrets About to Be Revealed
• Segmentation Is the Secret Behind the Extraordinary Diversification of Animals

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Marriage Patterns Drive Fertility Decline

Posted July 20, 2010:

• Animal Connection: New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature

Posted July 16, 2010:

• What Plant Genes Tell Us About Crop Domestication

Posted July 9, 2010:

• Origins of Multicellularity: All in the Family
• Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's?

Posted July 8, 2010:

• 'Magical Thinking' About Islands an Illusion? Biologist Refutes Conventional Thinking on Evolution

Posted July 2, 2010:

• Tibetan Adaptation to High Altitude Occurred in Less Than 3,000 Years

Posted June 23, 2010:

• Separation Between Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens Might Have Occurred 500,000 Years Earlier, DNA from Teeth Suggests

Posted June 21, 2010:

• The 'Bumpy Ride' of Linguistic Change

Posted June 18, 2010:

• Scientists Watch as Bacteria Evolve Heat Resistance Under Stress: New Details of Evolutionary Mechanism
• Malaria Threat Is as Old as Humanity, New Research Shows

Posted June 15, 2010:

• Origin of Life: Adding UV Light Helps Form 'Missing G' of RNA Building Blocks

Posted June 10, 2010:

• Model Explains Rapid Transition Toward Division of Labor in Biological Evolution

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Molecular Methods Are Not Sufficient in Systematics and Evolution

Posted June 4, 2010:

• How Did Higher Life Evolve? Brown Algal Genome Opens New Door to Understanding Multicellularity and Photosynthesis

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