Evolution News

Posted March 8, 2007:

• New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps
• Despite Their Heft, Many Dinosaurs Had Surprisingly Tiny Genomes

Posted March 7, 2007:

• 'Wingman' -- How Buddies Help Alpha Males Get The Girl
• Individuals And Populations Differ In Gene Activity Levels, Not Just Genes
• Man's Best Friend Lends Insight Into Human Evolution
• Irish Potato Famine Disease Came From South America

Posted March 6, 2007:

• Two-step Process Filters Evolution Of Genes Of Human And Chimpanzee

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Improved Predictions Of Warming-induced Extinctions Sought; Species Persist More Than Models Assume, Researchers Say

Posted March 1, 2007:

• Biological Kinship: Nonconscious Mechanism In Human Brain Identifies Genetic Siblings On Basis Of Ancient Cues
• Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected
• Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 25, 2007:

• DNA Analysis Reveals Rapid Population Shift Among Pleistocene Cave Bears

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication

Posted February 23, 2007:

• What Is Wrong With Intelligent Design?
• Chimpanzees Discovered Making And Using Spears To Hunt Other Primates

Posted February 18, 2007:

• Europeans' Understanding Of Science, Evolution, More Advanced Than Americans

Posted February 16, 2007:

• 'Regressive Evolution' In Cavefish: Natural Selection Or Genetic Drift
• Out Of Africa -- Bacteria, As Well: Homo Sapiens And H. Pylori Jointly Spread Across The Globe

Posted February 13, 2007:

• Chimp Stone Age: West African Chimpanzees Have Been Cracking Nuts With Stone Tools For Thousands Of Years

Posted February 12, 2007:

• No Missing Link? Evolutionary Changes Occur Suddenly, Professor Says
• Males Have Adapted To Battle With Competing Sperm

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Largest North America Climate Change In 65 Million Years, Study Shows

Posted February 6, 2007:

• Human Proteins Evolving Slowly Thanks To Multitasking Genes

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Does Evolution Select For Faster Evolvers? Horizontal Gene Transfer Adds To Complexity, Speed Of Evolution

Posted January 25, 2007:

• Scientists Discover New Species Of Distinctive Cloud-forest Rodent

Posted January 24, 2007:

• How Fishes Conquered The Ocean
• 'Terror Bird' Arrived In North America Before Land Bridge, Study Finds

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Who Laid The First Egg? Scientists Closer To Linking Embryos Of Earth's First Animals And Their Adult Form
• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 21, 2007:

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To Altruism: Study Explains How Costly Traits Evolve

Posted January 18, 2007:

• Toward More Effective Paleolgenetic Analysis

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Closing A Loophole In The RNA World Hypothesis
• Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?
• 40,000-year-old Skull Shows Both Modern Human And Neandertal Traits

Posted January 15, 2007:

• Rare Plant From Dinosaur Age

Posted January 12, 2007:

• 'Out Of Africa' Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evolved In Africa
• World's Largest Flower Evolved From Family Of Much Tinier Blooms

Posted January 8, 2007:

• Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-living Species

Posted January 4, 2007:

• The Evolution Of Human Diet

Posted December 29, 2006:

• Complexity Constrains Evolution Of Human Brain Genes

Posted December 23, 2006:

• Winning By A Neck: Giraffes Avoid Competing With Shorter Browsers

Posted December 22, 2006:

• European Neanderthals Showed Significant Physical Differences From North To South

Posted December 20, 2006:

• Blame Our Evolutionary Risk Of Cancer On Body Mass
• Software, Evolution And Micro-inversions: Improving The Building Of Phylogenetic Trees
• Human-chimp Difference May Be Bigger
• History-hunting Geneticists Can Still Follow Familiar Trail

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory On Its Head

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