Evolution News

Posted October 13, 2006:

• Does Missing Gene Point To Nocturnal Existence For Early Mammals?
• Antique Whale Oil Provides Insights To Origin Of Pre-Industrial Chemicals
• Comparing Chimp, Human DNA

Posted October 12, 2006:

• Evolutionary First: Parasite Reaches Beyond Host To Play Havoc With Others' Sex Lives

Posted October 11, 2006:

• Evolutionary Harmony For Stinkbugs And Their Gut Bacteria: A Perfect Match

Posted October 9, 2006:

• Compelling Evidence Demonstrates That 'Hobbit' Fossil Does Not Represent A New Species Of Hominid

Posted October 8, 2006:

• Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution
• Hail To The Hornworts: New Plant Family Tree Sheds Light On Evolution Of Life Cycles

Posted October 6, 2006:

• Fossils Pinpoint Tropics As Earth's Most Fruitful Biodiversity Spawning Ground

Posted October 5, 2006:

• Tiny Tampa Bay Fish Key To Evolution Of Immune System
• How Did Bilaterally Symmetric Flowers Evolve From Radially Symmetric Ones?

Posted October 4, 2006:

• Genome Archaeology Illuminates The Genetic Engineering Debate
• Compound Eyes, Evolutionary Ties

Posted October 3, 2006:

• Uncovering DNA's 'Sweet' Secret
• New Study Explains Why Hotter Is Better For Insects
• Evolutionary Tug-of-war Decides Which Sex Provides Care
• Anthropologist Challenges Species Identification Of Ancient Child Skeleton Found In Ethiopia

Posted October 2, 2006:

• A Plan For Reintroducing Megafauna To North America

Posted September 29, 2006:

• Scientist's Persistence Sheds Light On Marine Science Riddle

Posted September 28, 2006:

• How Nature Tinkers With The Cellular Clock
• Geologists Help Find And Explain Earliest Known Human Ancestor Child

Posted September 23, 2006:

• 'Killer' B Cells Demonstrate Evolutionary Link Between Fish And Mammal Immune Systems

Posted September 22, 2006:

• Ancient Birds Flew On All-Fours
• Pregnant Prehistoric Fossil Offers Clues To Past

Posted September 21, 2006:

• Earliest Baby Girl Ever Discovered: Australopithecus Afarensis Child Sheds Light On Human Evolution

Posted September 20, 2006:

• Mechanism To Organize Nervous System Conserved In Evolution

Posted September 19, 2006:

• Don't Care For Broccoli? A Bitter Taste Receptor Gene's Variation Suggests An Evolutionary Excuse

Posted September 18, 2006:

• Single Molecular 'Mark' Seen As Pivotal For Genome Compaction In Spores And Sperm

Posted September 16, 2006:

• Rare Evolutionary Example Of 'Recent' Embosymbiont Offers Clues To How Plants Came To Be
• Rodent's Bizarre Traits Deepen Mystery Of Genetics, Evolution

Posted September 14, 2006:

• Scent Of Father Checks Daughter's Maturity

Posted September 11, 2006:

• Genetic Surprise: Mobile Genes Found To Pressure Species Formation
• Ocean Seep Mollusks May Share Evolutionary History With Other Deep-sea Creatures

Posted September 10, 2006:

• Cognitive Strategy Shared By Human Infants And Great-ape Kin

Posted September 8, 2006:

• Modern Humans, Not Neandertals, May Be Evolution's 'Odd Man Out'
• How Did Our Ancestors' Minds Really Work?

Posted September 6, 2006:

• Good Times Ahead For Dinosaur Hunters, According To Dinosaur Census

Posted September 5, 2006:

• Researcher Studies Gene Families To Explore Diversity And Evolution

Posted August 31, 2006:

• Manatee Bones Lead To New Insight On Evolution

Posted August 30, 2006:

• Chimpanzees Can Transmit Cultural Behavior To Multiple 'Generations'
• Ancient Raptors Likely Feasted On Early Man, Study Suggests

Posted August 29, 2006:

• Red Fish, Blue Fish: Distinctive Color Keeps Gene Pools Healthy

Posted August 28, 2006:

• How Modern Were European Neanderthals?

Posted August 27, 2006:

• Evolving Defenses Rapidly Suppress Male Killers

Posted August 26, 2006:

• Use Of Stone Hammers Sheds Light On Geographic Patterns Of Chimpanzee Tool Use
• Insect Predation Sheds Light On Food Web Recovery After The Dinosaur Extinction

Posted August 25, 2006:

• No Hobbits In This Shire: Researchers Say Skeletal Remains Are Pygmy Ancestors

Posted August 24, 2006:

• Rain Forest Insects Eat No More Tree Species Than Temperate Counterparts

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