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Great Ape Genetic Diversity Catalog Frames Primate Evolution and Future Conservation
July 3, 2013 — A catalog of great ape genetic diversity, the most comprehensive ever, elucidates the evolution and population histories of great apes from Africa and Indonesia. The resource will aid in conservation ... > full story -
Declines in Ecosystem Productivity Fueled by Nitrogen-Induced Species Loss
July 3, 2013 — Humans have been affecting their environment since the ancestors of Homo sapiens first walked upright, but never has their impact been more detrimental than in the 21st century. Human-driven ... > full story -
Development of Hands and Feet May Help Unlock Evolution's Toolkit
July 3, 2013 — Thousands of sequences that control genes are active in the developing human limb and may have driven the evolution of the human hand and foot, a comparative genomics study has ... > full story -
How Throwing Made Us Human
June 26, 2013 — Scientists collected motion data from baseball players to uncover why humans are such good throwers. Little leaguers and professional baseball players alike have our extinct ancestors to thank for ... > full story -
Bacterial DNA May Integrate Into Human Genome More Readily in Tumor Tissue
June 20, 2013 — Bacterial DNA may integrate into the human genome more readily in tumors than in normal human tissue, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed genomic sequencing data available from the Human ... > full story -
No Danger of Cancer Through Gene Therapy Virus, Study Suggests
June 19, 2013 — The first modified adeno-associated virus was recently approved for clinical gene therapy in the Western world. Scientists say it appears that no cancer risk emanates from the virus used for gene ... > full story -
New Research Backs Genetic 'Switches' in Human Evolution
June 19, 2013 — A new study offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees some 4 million to 6 million years ago was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences that play roles in ... > full story -
Medieval Leprosy Genomes Shed Light on Disease's History
June 13, 2013 — Scientists have reconstructed a dozen medieval and modern leprosy genomes -- suggesting a European origin for the North American leprosy strains found in armadillos and humans, and a common ancestor ... > full story -
Big Movies and Other Cultural Products Have Evolutionary Roots
June 12, 2013 — Epic battles, whirlwind romances, family feuds, heroic attempts to save the lives of strangers: these are stories guaranteed to grace the silver screen. According to new research, that's not lazy ... > full story -
Bridge Species Drive Tropical Engine of Biodiversity
June 10, 2013 — New research sheds light on how the tropics came to be teeming with species while the poles harbor relatively few. Furthermore, it confirms that the tropics have been and continue to be the ... > full story
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