Charles Darwin in the News

Posted March 10, 2009:

• Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

Posted March 3, 2009:

• Billions Of Years Ago, Microbes Were Key In Developing Modern Nitrogen Cycle

Posted March 1, 2009:

• Origin of Life On Earth: Scientists Unlock Mystery Of Molecular Machine

Posted February 25, 2009:

• Synthetic Biology Yields Clues To Evolution And Origin Of Life
• Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

Posted February 24, 2009:

• Survival Of The Weakest? Cyclical Competition Of Three Species Favors Weakest As Victor

Posted February 22, 2009:

• X-Rays Used To Reveal Secrets Of Famous 'Dinobird' Fossil
• Single-Celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago
• Intrepid Explorers And The Search For The Origin Of Species

Posted February 21, 2009:

• On The Origin Of Subspecies

Posted February 20, 2009:

• Genetics Research Sheds Light On Evolution Of The Human Diet

Posted February 19, 2009:

• Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species

Posted February 17, 2009:

• Mixed Population Provides Insights Into Human Genetic Makeup

Posted February 16, 2009:

• Draft Version Of The Neanderthal Genome Completed

Posted February 13, 2009:

• High-Tech Tests Allow Anthropologists To Track Ancient Hominids Across The Landscape

Posted February 11, 2009:

• Y Chromosome And Surname Study Challenges Infidelity 'Myth'

Posted February 10, 2009:

• Biologists Find Gene Network That Gave Rise To First Tooth
• Big Year For Darwin, But What Would He Make Of The Climate Change Ahead?

Posted February 7, 2009:

• Rapidly Evolving Gene Contributes To Origin Of Species

Posted February 6, 2009:

• 'Nonsense' In Our Genes: One In 200 Human Genes Superfluous?
• Origin Of Claws Seen In Fossil 390 Million Years Old
• Key Insights Into How New Species Emerge

Posted January 31, 2009:

• Bird Song Discoveries May Lead To Refinement Of Darwinian Theory

Posted January 30, 2009:

• Dinosaur Fossils Fit Perfectly Into The Evolutionary Tree Of Life, Study Finds

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Natural Selection Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution?
• White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

Posted January 27, 2009:

• New Tree Of Life Divides All Lower Metazoans From Higher Animals, Molecular Research Confirms

Posted January 26, 2009:

• Evolution And Epilepsy: Improvement In Brain Electrical Signaling Is Critical Both For Vertebrate Evolution And For Preventing Epileptic Seizures

Posted January 23, 2009:

• Evolutionary Process More Detailed Than Previously Believed, Study Shows

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Adaptation Plays Significant Role In Human Evolution
• European Evolutionary Biologists Rally Behind Richard Dawkins' Extended Phenotype

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Language Driven By Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows
• Parasites In The Genome? Molecular Parasite Could Play An Important Role In Human Evolution
• Origin Of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted January 17, 2009:

• DNA Testing May Unlock Secrets Of Medieval Manuscripts

Posted January 16, 2009:

• Evolutionary Keys To Common Birth Disorders Discovered

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Microscopic Morphology Adds To Scorpion Family Tree
• 'Reverse Evolution' In Real Time Provides Key Insights Into Basic Mechanisms Of Evolution

Posted January 10, 2009:

• How Did Life Begin? RNA That Replicates Itself Indefinitely Developed For First Time

Posted January 9, 2009:

• Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859

Posted January 5, 2009:

• African Thicket Rat Malaria Linked To Virulent Human Form

Posted December 24, 2008:

• How Gene Function Drives Natural Selection In Important Class Of Genetic Elements

Posted December 23, 2008:

• Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-Start Evolution

Posted December 19, 2008:

• Earth's Original Ancestor Was 'LUCA'

Posted December 4, 2008:

• Dogs Chase Efficiently, But Cats Skulk Counterintuitively

Posted December 3, 2008:

• Flexibility Trumps Fitness In Sexual Reproduction, Says New Theory In Evolutionary Biology

Posted December 1, 2008:

• Humanity May Hold Key For Next Earth Evolution

Posted November 27, 2008:

• Two From One: Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors Mapped Out

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