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Following Genetic Footprints out of Africa: First Modern Humans Settled in Arabia
January 26, 2012 — A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration over sixty thousand years ago, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa ... > full storyMore: -
Tiny Mountainous Region in Siberia May Have Been Genetic Source of Earliest Native Americans
January 26, 2012 — A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new ... > full story -
Dawn of Social Networks: Ancestors May Have Formed Ties With Both Kin and Non-Kin Based on Shared Attributes
January 25, 2012 — Ancient humans may not have had the luxury of updating their Facebook status, but social networks were nevertheless an essential component of their lives, a new study suggests. The study's findings ... > full story -
Winged Dinosaur Archaeopteryx Dressed for Flight
January 24, 2012 — The iconic, winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx was dressed for flight, an international team of researchers has concluded. The group identified the color of the raven-sized creature's fossilized wing ... > full story -
Scientists Discover New Clue to Chemical Origins of Life
January 24, 2012 — Organic chemists have made a significant advance towards establishing the origin of the carbohydrates (sugars) that form the building blocks of life. The researchers have re-created a process which ... > full story -
Ancient Dinosaur Nursery: Oldest Nesting Site Yet Found
January 23, 2012 — An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus -- revealing significant clues about the evolution of ... > full storyMore: -
New Study Sheds Light on Evolutionary Origin of Oxygen-Based Cellular Respiration
January 22, 2012 — Researchers in Japan have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our earliest oxygen-breathing ... > full story -
When It Comes to Accepting Evolution, Gut Feelings Trump Facts
January 19, 2012 — For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology ... > full story -
Avalanche of Reactions at the Origin of Life
January 19, 2012 — The origin of life is seen as the formation of the first biomolecules which may be subject to multiplication and further development. Until now it was unclear, which reactions could have triggered ... > full story -
Unusual 'Tulip' Creature Discovered: Lived in the Ocean More Than 500 Million Years Ago
January 18, 2012 — A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500 million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. Officially named Siphusauctum gregarium, ... > full story
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