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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 -
Microbes Can Influence Evolution of Their Hosts
July 18, 2013 — Contrary to current scientific understanding, it appears that our microbial companions play an important role in their hosts' evolution. A new study provides the first direct evidence that these ... > full story -
High Tooth Replacement Rates in Largest Dinosaurs Contributed to Their Evolutionary Success
July 17, 2013 — Rapid tooth replacement by sauropods, the largest dinosaurs in the fossil record, likely contributed to their evolutionary success, according to a new article. The study also hypothesizes that ... > full story -
Family Tree of Fish Yields Surprises
July 17, 2013 — The mighty tuna is more closely related to the dainty seahorse than to a marlin or sailfish. That is one of the surprises from the first comprehensive family tree, or phylogeny, of the "spiny-rayed ... > full story -
Rare Fossil of Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Discovered
July 16, 2013 — Researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of an elasmosaur. A subgroup of the late Cretaceous plesiosaurs, the elasmosaurid plesiosaurs are recognized by their large body size and shape. ... > full story -
Great Exaptations: Most Traits Emerge for No Crucial Reason, Scientists Find
July 15, 2013 — By simulating changes in an organism's metabolism, scientists have now shown that most traits may emerge as non-crucial "exaptations" rather than as selection-advantageous ... > full story -
Boldly Illuminating Biology's 'Dark Matter'
July 14, 2013 — Microbial dark matter comprises the invisible infrastructure of life that can have profound influences on the most significant environmental processes. By employing next generation DNA sequencing of ... > full story -
New Theory Uncovers Cancer's Deep Evolutionary Roots
July 12, 2013 — A new way to look at cancer -- by tracing its deep evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellularity more than a billion years ago -- has been proposed. If their theory is correct, it promises to ... > full story
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