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Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved
September 22, 2011 — Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian families. The matrix -- the culmination of about five years of painstaking research -- has ... > full story -
Aboriginal Australians: The First Explorers
September 22, 2011 — In an exciting development, researchers have, for the first time, pieced together the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian. The results re-interpret the prehistory of our ... > full storyMore: -
Fluid Equilibrium in Prehistoric Organisms Sheds Light on a Turning Point in Evolution
September 22, 2011 — Maintaining fluid balance in the body is essential to survival. By researching recent genomic data, researchers have found genetic evidence that links this intricate process to a turning point in ... > full story -
Asia Was Settled in Multiple Waves of Migration, DNA Study Suggests
September 22, 2011 — Researchers studying DNA patterns from modern and archaic humans has found that the Denisovans, a recently discovered hominin group, contributed genes to several populations in Asia and that modern ... > full storyMore: -
Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History
September 21, 2011 — Researchers are utilizing the complete genome sequences of people alive today to shed light on events at the dawn of human history, such as the times of divergence of early human populations and of ... > full story -
Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find
September 21, 2011 — Researchers have found that periods of rapid fluctuation in temperature coincided with the emergence of the first distant relatives of human beings and the appearance and spread of stone ... > full story -
Epigenetic Changes Often Don’t Last, Probably Have Limited Effects on Long-Term Evolution, Research Finds
September 20, 2011 — The first comprehensive inventory of epigenetic changes over several generations shows that these often do not last and therefore probably have limited effects on long-term evolution, according to ... > full story -
Not Just Skin Deep: CT Study of Early Humans Reveals Evolutionary Relationships
September 19, 2011 — CT scans of fossil skull fragments may help researchers settle a long-standing debate about the evolution of Africa's Australopithecus, a key ancestor of modern humans that died out some 1.4 million ... > full story -
Human-Chimp Evolutionary Divergence: Methylation and Gene Sequence Co-Evolved, Study Suggests
September 15, 2011 — Scientists published the first quantitative evidence supporting the notion that genome-wide "bookmarking" of DNA with methyl molecules -- a process called methylation -- and underlying DNA sequences ... > full story -
Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship With Fire
September 14, 2011 — Humanity's relationship to fire -- including wildfires, burning of fossil fuels, controlled burns and human-caused fire -- is the focus of a report by an international team of ... > full storyMore:
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