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Convergent Evolution: New Fins Evolve Repeatedly in Teleost Fishes
Mar. 5, 2014 — A new study analyzing the origins of the adipose fin, thought by some to be vestigial, finds that these fins arose repeatedly and independently in multiple species -- a striking example of convergent ... full story -
Prequel Outshines the Original: Exceptional Fossils of 160-Million-Year-Old Doahugou Biota
Mar. 4, 2014 — A new article shows that several Jurassic sites are linked together by shared species and can be recognized as representing a single fossil fauna and flora, containing superbly preserved specimens of ... full story -
How Apes and Humans Evolved Side by Side
Mar. 4, 2014 — In a new book, a paleoanthropologist incorporates his research with a synthesis of a vast amount of research from other scientists who study primate evolution and behavior. The book explains how apes ... full story -
Ancient 'Great Leap Forward' for Life in the Open Ocean: Cyanobacteria Sheds Light on How Complex Life Evolved on Earth
Feb. 27, 2014 — Plankton in the Earth's oceans received a huge boost when microorganisms capable of creating soluble nitrogen 'fertilizer' directly from the atmosphere diversified and spread ... full story -
The Importance of (Experimental) Design
Feb. 25, 2014 — One of the hottest debates in evolutionary biology concerns the origin of behavior: is it genetically encoded or do animals and birds copy their parents or other individuals? A classic experiment ... full story -
New Insights Into Origin of Birds Focuses on Key Characteristics That Preceded Flight: Body Size, Forelimb Length
Feb. 23, 2014 — The key characteristics of birds which allow them to fly -- their wings and their small size -- arose much earlier than previously thought, according to new research that examined closely the ... full story -
'Microbial Pompeii:' 1,000-Year-Old Plaque Preserves Bacteria, Microscopic Particles of Food on Skeleton Teeth
Feb. 23, 2014 — A ‘microbial Pompeii’ has been discovered, preserved on the teeth of skeletons around 1,000 years old. The research team discovered that the ancient human oral cavity carries numerous ... full story -
Some Ancient Mysteries of Leprosy Uncovered
Feb. 20, 2014 — Research is finally unearthing some of the ancient mysteries behind leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, which has plagued humankind throughout history. The new research findings suggest that ... full story -
Seal Evolution: Sexual Dimorphism in Pinnipeds Arose Around 27 Million Years Ago as Climate Changed
Feb. 19, 2014 — Modern pinnipeds (the group that includes seals, sea lions and walruses) show a range of sexual dimorphism (large differences in size between males and females) and mating systems that span the ... full story -
Evolution Stuck in Slime for a Billion Years
Feb. 18, 2014 — Researchers are providing a new explanation as to why life remained as little more than slime for a billion years, before rapidly diversifying in the 'Cambrian explosion of life'. Using a ... full story -
Habitat of Early Apes: Evidence of the Environment Inhabited by Proconsul
Feb. 18, 2014 — An international team of anthropologists has discovered definitive evidence of the environment inhabited by the early ape Proconsul on Rusinga Island, Kenya. The findings provide new insights into ... full storyMore: -
New Light Shed on the Genetic History of the European Beaver
Feb. 18, 2014 — An international team of scientists has used detailed analysis of ancient and modern DNA to show that the distribution and lack of genetic diversity among modern European beavers is due largely to ... full story -
Theory on Origin of Animals Challenged: Some Animals Need Extremely Little Oxygen
Feb. 17, 2014 — One of science's strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge ... full story -
Archaeologists Lend Long-Term Perspective to Food Security and Climate Shock
Feb. 16, 2014 — What role does pre-existing vulnerabilities play for people who experience a climate shock? Does it amplify the effects of the climate shock or is effect negligible? Archaeologists are looking into ... full story -
Mixed Genes: Interactive World Map of Human Genetic History Reveals Likely Genetic Impacts of Historical Events
Feb. 13, 2014 — When individuals from different groups interbreed, their offspring's DNA becomes a mixture of the DNA from each admixing group. Pieces of this DNA are then passed along through subsequent ... full story -
Revision to Rules for Color in Dinosaurs Suggests Connection Between Color and Physiology
Feb. 12, 2014 — New research revising rules on deciphering color in dinosaurs may provide a tool for understanding the evolutionary emergence of flight and changes in dinosaur physiology. While surveying melanosome ... full story -
Lost and Found: New Beetle Collected by Darwin 180 Years Ago Published on His Birthday
Feb. 12, 2014 — On Feb. 12, Darwin's birthday, scientists name a long lost new beetle genus and species after him to commemorate the legacy of the father of evolution. The beetle was collected by Charles Darwin ... full story -
Genomes of Richard III and His Proven Relative to Be Sequenced
Feb. 12, 2014 — The genomes of King Richard III and one of his family’s direct living descendants are to be ... full story -
'Steak-Knife' Teeth Reveal Ecology of Oldest Land Predators
Feb. 7, 2014 — The first top predators to walk on land were not afraid to bite off more than they could chew, a study has found. Researchers suggest that Dimetrodon, a carnivore that walked on land between 298 ... full story -
RNA Sequencing of 750-Year-Old Barley Virus Sheds New Light on the Crusades
Feb. 6, 2014 — Scientists have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome -- of a barley virus once believed to be only 150 years old -- pushing its origin back at least 2,000 years and revealing how ... full story -
'Severe Reduction' in Killer Whale Numbers During Last Ice Age
Feb. 4, 2014 — Whole genome sequencing has revealed a global fall in the numbers of killer whales during the last Ice Age, at a time when ocean productivity may have been widely reduced, according to ... full story
- Prequel outshines the original: Exceptional fossils of 160-million-year-old doahugou biota
- How apes and humans evolved side by side
- New insights into origin of birds focuses on key characteristics that preceded flight: Body size, forelimb length
- 'Microbial Pompeii:' 1,000-year-old plaque preserves bacteria, microscopic particles of food on skeleton teeth
- Evolution stuck in slime for a billion years
- Habitat of early apes: Evidence of the environment inhabited by Proconsul
- New light shed on the genetic history of the European beaver
- Revision to rules for color in dinosaurs suggests connection between color and physiology
- Lost and found: New beetle collected by Darwin 180 years ago published on his birthday
- Genomes of Richard III and his proven relative to be sequenced
- 'Severe reduction' in killer whale numbers during last Ice Age
- Sucker-footed fossils broaden bat map: Fossilized teeth show bat family belongs to primitive lineage, had broad range
- Neanderthal lineages excavated from modern human genomes
- Neanderthals' genetic legacy: Humans inherited variants affecting disease risk, infertility, skin and hair characteristics
- New method rescues DNA from contaminated Neandertal bones
- How did we get four limbs? Because we have a belly
- A thousand years ago, Central Europeans digested milk as well as us today
- Morphing bat skull model: Using engineering plus evolutionary analyses to answer natural selection questions
- Big-headed fossil flies track major ecological revolution
- Genomes of modern dogs and wolves provide new insights on domestication
- 'Ardi' skull reveals links to human lineage
- New fossils shed light on the origins of lions, tigers, and bears
- Neanderthal genome shows early human interbreeding, inbreeding
- Sunlight adaptation region of Neanderthal genome found in up to 65 percent of modern East Asian population
- Rapid evolution of novel forms: Environmental change triggers inborn capacity for adaptation
- Tooth structure and wear provide clues to ecology and evolution of ancient marine creatures
- Early tree-dwelling bipedal human ancestor was similar to ancient apes and 'Lucy' but not living apes
- Oldest hominin DNA sequenced: Mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old hominin from Spain decoded
- Functional importance of dinosaur beaks illuminated
- Evolution, Civil War history entwine in plant fossil with a tragic past
- Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans
- Evidence of ancient human history encoded in music's complex patterns
- Origin of species: Protein imbalances doom hybrids
- Recreating the history of life through the genome
- Biologists find an evolutionary Facebook for monkeys and apes
- Bacteria recycle broken DNA: Modern bacteria can add DNA from creatures long-dead to its own
- Ancient, modern DNA tell story of first humans in the Americas
- Evolution can select for evolvability, biologists find
- Dogs likely originated in Europe more than 18,000 years ago, biologists report
- Fossil of new big cat species discovered: Oldest ever found
- Newly discovered protist suggests evolutionary answers, questions
- Earliest record of copulating insects discovered
- Newly discovered predatory dinosaur 'king of gore' reveals the origins of T. rex
- Scientists gain new insights into dolphin's evolutionary history and conversation
- Paleontologist presents origin of life theory
- Snakes on the brain: Are primates hard-wired to recognize snakes?
- How rats and mice came to have a unique masticatory apparatus, key to their evolutionary success
- Development of cryptic worms provides new insights into molluscan evolution
- Lots of oxygen does not necessarily lead to the evolution of advanced life
- Darwin's dilemma resolved: Evolution's 'big bang' explained by five times faster rates of evolution
- Ancient ancestor of tulip tree line identified
- Jurassic jaws: How ancient crocodiles flourished during the age of the dinosaurs
- Organic molecules found in Sutter's Mill meteorite, not previously found in any meteorites
- Language and tool-making skills evolved at the same time
- Death by asexuality: Biologists uncover new path for mutations to arise
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