Evolution News

Posted August 10, 2000:

• Microscopic Bone Evidence Supports Dinosaur-Bird Evolution Link

Posted June 26, 2000:

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link
• UF Researchers Find Oldest Bones Of New Giant Ground Sloth Species

Posted June 5, 2000:

• Equatorial Water May Have Provided Means Of Survival

Posted May 17, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted May 12, 2000:

• Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa

Posted April 4, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted March 17, 2000:

• Newly Discovered Fossils From China Shed Light On Common Ancestry Of Monkeys, Apes And Humans
• New Fossil Snake With Legs, Reported In Science

Posted March 16, 2000:

• Researchers Discover Fossils Of Tiny, Thumb-Length Primates

Posted February 29, 2000:

• Fossil Discovery Has Implications For Patterns Of Evolution

Posted February 4, 2000:

• Life On Land Tied To Gene Expansion
• University Of Hawaii Researchers Find Myoglobin-Like Proteins In Ancient Microorganisms

Posted January 26, 2000:

• We Are Not Alone - Or Are We?

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 11, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 22, 1999:

• Discovery Of Oldest Dinosaur Bones Reported In Science

Posted October 15, 1999:

• Primitive Primate Makes The Case For Asian Anthropoid Origins

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Some Neanderthals Practiced Cannibalism Shows Find From French Cave

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Jurassic Period Mammal Teeth Found -- Prevailing Theories Challenged

Posted August 31, 1999:

• Primate Genus Sheds Light On Great Ape And Human Origins

Posted August 30, 1999:

• Seafood Was Brain Food, Says Researcher

Posted August 18, 1999:

• Geologists At UNC-CH Discover State's "Most Spectacular" Fossils

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted August 6, 1999:

• New Tree Of Life For Plants: 'Animal Kingdom' And 'Plant Kingdom' Categories No Longer Relevant

Posted June 25, 1999:

• Dinosaur Fossils Reveal Evolution's Big Picture, Says Paleontologist

Posted June 21, 1999:

• UF Professor, Dutch Researchers Develop New Global Warming Tracking

Posted June 17, 1999:

• Discovery Of New Bird Species In China, Oldest Beak Shows Evolution Complexity

Posted May 14, 1999:

• Theropods Caught In Their Tracks -- Fossil Footprints Show Foot-Movement Similarity In Dinosaurs And Birds

Posted April 23, 1999:

• New Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 22, 1999:

• Earliest Modern Tree Lived 360-345 Million Years Ago

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Findings On Primitive Shark Contradicts Current View Of Jaw Evolution

Posted March 22, 1999:

• Flatworms Are Oldest Living Ancestors To Those Of Us With Right And Left Sides, Researchers Report In Science
• University At Albany Anthropologist Examines Evolutionary Implications Of Different Brain Sizes In Men And Women

Posted March 11, 1999:

• Important New Fossil Animal Discovered By South African Scientists

Posted March 1, 1999:

• Scientists Devise Method To Address Conflict Between Molecular Clock, Fossil Record Of Mammalian Evolution

Posted February 17, 1999:

• Gene Study Shows Turtles Are Next Of Kin To Crocodiles And Alligators

Posted January 21, 1999:

• Large Gene Study Questions Cambrian Explosion

Posted December 3, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Fossils In Gobi Desert Of Mongolia Provides Important Insight Into Early Mammal Evolution

Posted November 27, 1998:

• Chinese And U.S. Scientists Identify The World's Oldest Flowering Plant

Posted November 17, 1998:

• Beyond Jurassic Park -- Real Science With Ancient DNA

Posted November 13, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Possible Human Ancestors Lived In Spain 780,000 Years Ago

Posted October 1, 1998:

• Fossil Evidence Of Worms Over One Billion Years Old Reported In Science

Posted September 21, 1998:

• Tightly Controlled Protein Destruction Drives The Cell Cycle

Posted September 17, 1998:

• Whitehead Study Supports Existence Of Ancient RNA World, Helps Provide Insight Into Early Evolution Of Life

Posted August 24, 1998:

• Geologist Finds Evidence That Mass Extinctions Are Not Unique In Affecting Global Diversity Trends

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

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