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Meat-eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-like Breathing System
September 30, 2008 — The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing ... > full story -
Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers
September 23, 2008 — Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments ... > full story -
'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found
September 23, 2008 — Researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to new ... > full story -
Nematode Genome Provides Insight Into Evolution Of Parasitism
September 22, 2008 — Molecular biologists have decoded the genome of the Pristionchus pacificus nematode, thereby gaining insight into the evolution of parasitism. They have shown that the genome of the nematode consists ... > full story -
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests
September 20, 2008 — Researchers have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in prehistory took much longer than originally ... > full story -
New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants
September 16, 2008 — A new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest is likely a descendant of the very first ants to ... > full story -
Computational Biochemist Uncovers A Molecular Clue To Evolution
September 13, 2008 — A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists a better understanding of how evolution occurs at ... > full story -
My, What Big Teeth You Had! Extinct Species Had Huge Teeth On Roof Of Mouth
September 12, 2008 — Paleontologists have found a previously unknown amphibious predator that probably made the Antarctica of 240 million years ago something less than a hospitable ... > full story -
Good Luck, Not Superiority, Gave Dinosaurs Their Edge, Study Of Crocodile Cousins Reveals
September 12, 2008 — Researchers have challenged the general consensus among scientists that there must have been something special about dinosaurs that helped them rise to prominence. Good luck, not general ... > full story -
Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
September 10, 2008 — Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed ... > full story -
Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals
September 9, 2008 — Neanderthals had a brain at birth of a similar size to that of modern-day babies. However, after birth, their brain grew more quickly than it does for Homo sapiens and became larger too. ... > full story -
Trichoplax Genome Sequenced: 'Rosetta Stone' For Understanding Evolution
September 8, 2008 — Molecular and evolutionary biologists have produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organisms, providing a new insight into the evolution of all ... > full story
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