Charles Darwin in the News

Posted May 30, 2008:

• Altruism In Social Insects Is A Family Affair

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-year-old Skeletons

Posted May 21, 2008:

• Ancient Amphibian: Debate Over Origin Of Frogs And Salamanders Settled With Discovery Of Missing Link

Posted May 18, 2008:

• New Tool To Understand Evolution Of Multi-domain Genes Developed
• Geneticists Trace The Evolution Of St. Louis Encephalitis

Posted May 16, 2008:

• Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Infant Carrying Ruled Out As Reason Why Early Humans Walked Upright, According To New Research

Posted April 19, 2008:

• What Are The Odds Of Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life?

Posted April 14, 2008:

• When Genetics And Geology Meet In Patagonia

Posted April 11, 2008:

• The First Animal On Earth Was Significantly More Complex Than Previously Believed

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Evolution In The Classroom: 'Evolution Machine' Lets Students See It Happen
• Technique Traces Origins Of Disease Genes In Mixed Human Populations

Posted April 6, 2008:

• Darwin Was Right: Natural Selection Speeds Up Speciation

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Is DNA Repair A Substitute For Sex?

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Natural Selection Protected Some East Asian Populations From Alcoholism, Study Suggests

Posted April 2, 2008:

• When Evolution Tends To Maximize The Diversity And Functioning Of Ecosystems

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Menopause Is An Adaptation To Minimize Reproductive Competition Between Females In A Family, Research Suggests
• Study Questions 'Cost Of Complexity' In Evolution

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Cutting-edge Computing Helps Discover Origin Of Life On Earth

Posted March 15, 2008:

• Gene Hunters Fine-tune Marker For Common Obesity Gene

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Do Meteors Create Life? Explosion Of New Life Coincided With Hundreds Of Meteorite Impacts

Posted March 10, 2008:

• History Of Life Seen In The Structure Of Transfer RNA

Posted March 3, 2008:

• Darwin Was Wrong About Wild Origin Of The Chicken, New Research Shows

Posted February 21, 2008:

• No Easy Answers In Evolution Of Human Language

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows

Posted February 18, 2008:

• There Is 'Design' In Nature, Biologist Argues

Posted February 16, 2008:

• Ancient Proteins Rebuilt To Reveal Primordial Earth's Temperature

Posted February 13, 2008:

• 'Junk DNA' Can Explain Origin And Complexity Of Vertebrates, Study Suggests

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Oldest Australian Crayfish Fossils Provide Missing Evolutionary Link

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct, Or Have They Been Around Far Longer?

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Languages Evolve In Rapid Bursts, Rather Than Following A Steady Pattern

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women

Posted February 3, 2008:

• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet
• Conspicuous Social Signaling Drives Evolution Of Chameleon Color Change

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor

Posted January 25, 2008:

• Scientists Look At Those In Evolutionary Race Who Don't Make It 'Out Of The Gate'

Posted January 20, 2008:

• Secret Of Scottish Sheep Evolution Discovered

Posted January 15, 2008:

• Columbus May Have Brought Syphilis To Europe From New World

Posted January 7, 2008:

• Evolution Of Male-female Differences Within A Shared Genome
• Smell-wars Between Butterflies And Ants

Posted January 4, 2008:

• Insects' 'Giant Leap' Reconstructed By Founder Of Sociobiology
• Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History Of Multicellular Life

Posted January 3, 2008:

• Missing Evolutionary Link Found By Using Tiny Fungus Crystal
• Gene Neighbors May Have Taken Turns Battling Retroviruses
• Evolution Education Is A 'Must' Says Coalition Of Scientific And Teaching Organizations

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