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Genomic Hitchhikers in Birds Shed Light on Evolution of Viruses
October 16, 2012 — The genomes of birds are riddled with DNA sequences from viruses, according to a new study. Analysis of these viral sequences, known as endogenous retroviruses, can provide insights into how both ... > full story -
Spotting a Trend in the Genes: Three Genes That Cause Cancer and Disease in Humans Also 'Paint' Spots on Butts of Fruit Flies
October 12, 2012 — Spots on the butts of fruit flies are really, really small. But what a researcher and his graduate student are discovering about them could be gigantic. Researchers have discovered that three genes ... > full story -
Dating Between Modern Humans and Neandertals
October 4, 2012 — To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research provides a ... > full story -
Anthropologist Finds Evidence of Hominin Meat Eating 1.5 Million Years Ago: Eating Meat May Have 'Made Us Human'
October 4, 2012 — A skull fragment unearthed in Tanzania shows our ancient ancestors ate meat at least 1.5 million years ago, shedding new light on human ... > full storyMore: -
Understanding How Salamanders Grow New Limbs Provides Insights Into Potential of Human Regenerative Medicine
September 25, 2012 — By studying amphibians that can regenerate missing limbs, scientists have discovered that it isn't enough to activate genes that kick start the regenerative process. In fact, one of the first steps ... > full story -
Human Brains Develop Wiring Slowly, Differing from Chimpanzees
September 25, 2012 — Research comparing brain development in humans and our closest nonhuman primate relatives, chimpanzees, reveals how quickly myelin in the cerebral cortex grows, shedding light on the evolution of ... > full story -
Human Brains Outpace Chimp Brains in Womb
September 24, 2012 — Humans' superior brain size in comparison to their chimpanzee cousins traces all the way back to the womb. That's according to a study that is the first to track and compare brain growth in ... > full story -
Adolescent Male Chimps in Large Community Strive to Be Alphas
September 20, 2012 — An anthropologist reports the first observation of dominance relationships among adolescent male chimpanzees, which he attributes to the composition of their ... > full story -
Genetic Mutation May Have Allowed Early Humans to Migrate Throughout Africa
September 19, 2012 — A genetic mutation that occurred thousands of years ago might be the answer to how early humans were able to move from central Africa and across the continent in what has been called "the great ... > full story -
Skilled Hunters 300,000 Years Ago
September 17, 2012 — Finds from early stone age site in north-central Germany show that human ingenuity is nothing new -- and was probably shared by now-extinct species of humans. Archeologists have found eight extremely ... > full story
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