Charles Darwin in the News

Posted June 2, 2006:

• Electric Fish In Africa Could Be Example Of Evolution In Action

Posted May 31, 2006:

• Taking Evolution's Temperature: Researchers Pinpoint The Energy It Takes To Make A Species

Posted May 23, 2006:

• How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek And Conquered The Oceans

Posted May 18, 2006:

• Ready, Set, Mutate ... And May The Best Microbe Win: Natural Selection In A Flask
• Human And Chimp Genomes Reveal New Twist On Origin Of Species

Posted May 17, 2006:

• South Pacific Plant May Be Missing Link In Evolution Of Flowering Plants

Posted May 16, 2006:

• Small Molecule Interactions Were Central To The Origin Of Life

Posted May 15, 2006:

• How Did Cactuses Evolve?

Posted May 13, 2006:

• Massive Duplication Of Genes May Solve Darwin's 'Abominable Mystery' About Flowering Plants

Posted May 12, 2006:

• Methane-belching Bugs Inspire A New Theory Of The Origin Of Life On Earth

Posted May 11, 2006:

• Study Provides New Understanding Of Spontaneous Hybridization

Posted May 8, 2006:

• Learning The Lessons Of The World's Oldest Ecological Experiment

Posted May 4, 2006:

• Greenbeards Have Blue Throats In Breakthrough Study Of Evolution Of Altruistic Behavior

Posted May 3, 2006:

• Mobile DNA Part Of Evolution's Toolbox

Posted May 2, 2006:

• Nice Guys Do Finish First In Lizards' Evolutionary Race

Posted April 30, 2006:

• Coding For Arthropods: What's So Special About Insects And Spiders?

Posted April 23, 2006:

• Fruitfly Study Shows How Evolution Wings It

Posted April 22, 2006:

• Ancient DNA Provides Clues To The Evolution Of Social Behavior

Posted April 16, 2006:

• Chimpanzees And Humans Have Gene Variant, For Different Reasons

Posted April 13, 2006:

• Separate Genetic Mutations Gave People, Chimps Bitter-taste Sensitivity
• Evolutionary Proof That (eating) The Chicken Came Before The Egg

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Evolution Follows Few Of The Possible Paths To Antibiotic Resistance

Posted April 8, 2006:

• Controversial Findings Help Explain Evolution Of Life

Posted April 7, 2006:

• Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago; Insects Needed Flowering Plants To Flourish

Posted April 6, 2006:

• Evolution Of 'Irreducible Complexity' Explained
• Newly Found Species Fills Evolutionary Gap Between Fish And Land Animals

Posted April 5, 2006:

• Why Are Animals Altruistic?

Posted April 4, 2006:

• Evolutionary Scrap-heap Challenge: Antifreeze Fish Make Sense Out Of Junk DNA

Posted March 27, 2006:

• 'Accelerated Evolution' Converts RNA Enzyme To DNA Enzyme In Vitro

Posted March 16, 2006:

• Evolution In Action: Why Some Viruses Jump Species

Posted March 6, 2006:

• Convergent Evolution Of Molecules In Electric Fish

Posted March 4, 2006:

• A New Tree Of Life Allows A Closer Look At The Origin Of Species

Posted February 28, 2006:

• Life, The Remake

Posted February 24, 2006:

• New Evidence That Natural Selection Is A General Driving Force Behind The Origin Of Species

Posted February 23, 2006:

• Scientists Reveal Ancient Origin Of Vertebrate Skeleton In Unlovable Lamprey

Posted February 22, 2006:

• There's Something Fishy About Human Brain Evolution

Posted February 13, 2006:

• Researchers Evolve A Complex Genetic Trait In The Laboratory

Posted February 8, 2006:

• Scientists Force Viruses To Evolve As Better Delivery Vehicles For Gene Therapy

Posted February 7, 2006:

• Experimental Evolution Of Yeast In The Lab May Illuminate Early Events In Speciation
• Mutation In Brain Cells Of Descendants Of Abraham Lincoln Suggest He Suffered From Movement Disorder

Posted January 26, 2006:

• Pitt Professor's Theory Of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research

Posted January 24, 2006:

• UCSD Biologists Find New Evidence For One-way Evolution
• The Evolution Of Food Plants: Genetic Control Of Grass Flower Architecture

Posted January 18, 2006:

• Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals

Posted January 17, 2006:

• Nearly Half Of Ashkenazi Jews Descended From Four 'Founding Mothers'

Posted January 4, 2006:

• History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers

Posted December 27, 2005:

• Fish Evolve A Longer Lifespan By Evolving A Longer Reproductive Period, Researchers Find

Posted December 26, 2005:

• New Study Shows Animal Family Tree Looking Bushy In Places

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