Charles Darwin in the News

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

Posted June 2, 2010:

• 'Little Brown Balls' Tie Malaria and Algae to Common Ancestor, Researchers Find
• Jumping Genes Provide Extensive 'Raw Material' for Evolution, Study Finds

Posted May 31, 2010:

• How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years

Posted May 26, 2010:

• Prehistoric Birds Were Poor Flyers, Research Shows
• Genetic Data Added to Archaeology and Linguistics to Get Picture of African Population History

Posted May 19, 2010:

• Hammerhead Shark Study Shows Cascade of Evolution Affected Size, Head Shape

Posted May 18, 2010:

• New 'Tree of Life' Established for One of the Largest Groups of Bacteria

Posted May 17, 2010:

• Plumage-Color Traits More Extreme Over Time
• Charting the Development of Human Populations in the North and South of the Mediterranean Region
• First Large-Scale Formal Quantitative Test Confirms Darwin's Theory of Universal Common Ancestry

Posted May 15, 2010:

• Tibetans Developed Genes to Help Them Adapt to Life at High Elevations

Posted May 12, 2010:

• Researchers Use Entire Islands in the Bahamas to Test Survival of the Fittest
• New Insights Into Genomics of Speciation

Posted May 11, 2010:

• X-Rays Reveal Chemical Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs

Posted May 7, 2010:

• Peptides May Hold 'Missing Link' to Life

Posted May 6, 2010:

• Neanderthal Genome Yields Insights Into Human Evolution and Evidence of Interbreeding With Modern Humans
• Complete Neanderthal Genome Sequenced: DNA Signatures Found in Present-Day Europeans and Asians, but Not in Africans

Posted May 4, 2010:

• 'Different Forms of Flowers' Continues to Fascinate: Darwin's Influential Study Inspires Research on Breeding System Called Heterostyly

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Resurrected Mammoth Blood Very Cool
• Inbreeding May Have Caused Darwin Family Ills, Study Suggests

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