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Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster
August 15, 2008 — Ecologists and evolutionary biologists analyzed body size measures of 7,209 species of birds and found that avian families that have experienced the greatest diversification in body size tend to be ... > full story -
Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution
August 12, 2008 — Scientists discovered the underlying process in tumor formation is the same as for life itself -- evolution. This suggests a molecular "survival of the fittest" scenario plays out in every living ... > full story -
Pinpointing Genetic Variations In European Americans
August 9, 2008 — Researchers have identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most ... > full story -
Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone
August 8, 2008 — The complete mitochondrial genome of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal has been sequenced. The findings open a window into the Neanderthals' past and helps answer lingering questions about our ... > full story -
Gene For Sexual Switching In Melons Provides Clues To Evolution Of Sex
August 8, 2008 — A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The finding offers new insights into the molecular basis for sex ... > full story -
Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators To Survive
August 6, 2008 — With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at ... > full story -
Genetic Evidence Used To Trace Ancient African Migration
August 5, 2008 — Researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced ... > full story -
Schizophrenia: Costly By-product Of Human Brain Evolution?
August 5, 2008 — Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed ... > full story -
Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline
August 5, 2008 — Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and ... > full story -
Evolution Of Skull And Mandible Shape In Cats
August 1, 2008 — In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible ... > full story -
Isthmus Of Panama Formed As Result Of Plate Tectonics, Study Finds
July 31, 2008 — Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent ... > full story -
Diamonds May Have Been Life's Best Friend On Primordial Earth
July 30, 2008 — Diamonds may have been life's best friend. Billions of years ago, the surface of these gems may have provided just the right conditions to foster the chemical reactions believed to have given rise to ... > full story
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