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The When and Where of the Y: Research on Y Chromosomes Uncovers New Clues About Human Ancestry
Using advanced analysis of
DNA from Y chromosomes from
men all over the world,
scientists have shed new
light on the mystery of when
... > full story
'Evolution Will Punish You If You're Selfish and Mean'
Evolutionary biologists
offer new evidence that
evolution doesn't favor the
selfish, disproving a theory
popularized in 2012. ... > full story
Dawn of Carnivores Explains Animal Boom in Distant Past
Scientists have linked
increasing oxygen levels and
the rise and evolution of
carnivores (meat eaters) as
the force behind a broad
explosion of animal species
... > full story
Evolution of Monogamy in Humans the Result of Infanticide Risk, New Study Suggests
The threat of infants being
killed by unrelated males is
the key driver of monogamy
in humans and other
primates, a new study
... > full story
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Bacteria Hold the Clues to Trade-Offs in Financial Investments and Evolution
August 1, 2013 — Scientists have found that bacteria have the potential to teach valuable investment lessons. The research takes advantage of the fact that bacteria, like humans, have limited resources and are ... > full story -
Evolution of Diverse Sex-Determining Mechanisms in Mammals
July 29, 2013 — Researchers have found that a genetic process among the many species of rodents could have significant implications regarding our assumptions about sex determination and the pace of ... > full story -
Fossil Shows Fish Had Sucker on Its Back
July 26, 2013 — A 30-million year-old fossil has revealed how remoras -- also called sharksuckers -- evolved the sucker that enables them to stick to other fishes and 'hitch a ... > full story -
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human, Study Shows
July 25, 2013 — A new study has found that a 9- to 7-million-year-old ape from Italy did not, in fact, walk habitually on two legs. The findings refute a long body of evidence, suggesting that Oreopithecus had the ... > full story -
An Evolutionary Compromise for Long Tooth Preservation
July 24, 2013 — Researchers have conducted stress analyses on gorilla teeth of differing wear stages. Their findings show that different features of the occlusal surface antagonize tensile stresses in the tooth to ... > full story -
Evolution Picks Up Hitchhikers: Pervasive Genetic Hitchhiking and Clonal Interference in Evolving Yeast Populations
July 22, 2013 — In a twist on "survival of the fittest," researchers have discovered that evolution is driven not by a single beneficial mutation but rather by a group of mutations, including ones called "genetic ... > full story -
From Obscurity to Dominance: Tracking the Rapid Evolutionary Rise of Ray-Finned Fish
July 22, 2013 — Mass extinctions, like lotteries, result in a multitude of losers and a few lucky winners. This is the story of one of the winners, a small, shell-crushing predatory fish called Fouldenia, which ... > full story -
Common Stem Cell in Heart and Lung Development Explains Adaption for Life on Land
July 21, 2013 — Biologists have known that the co-development of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems is a recent evolutionary adaption to life outside of water. Researchers show that the pulmonary vasculature ... > full story -
Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable
July 19, 2013 — If you could hit the reset button on evolution and start over, would essentially the same species appear? Yes, according to a study of Caribbean ... > full story -
Tuberculosis Genomes Recovered from 200-Year-Old Hungarian Mummy
July 19, 2013 — Researchers have recovered tuberculosis (TB) genomes from the lung tissue of a 215-year old mummy using a technique known as ... > full story
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