Evolution News

Posted May 21, 2008:

• Ancient Amphibian: Debate Over Origin Of Frogs And Salamanders Settled With Discovery Of Missing Link

Posted May 20, 2008:

• World First Discovery: Genes From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Function In A Mouse

Posted May 18, 2008:

• New Tool To Understand Evolution Of Multi-domain Genes Developed
• Geneticists Trace The Evolution Of St. Louis Encephalitis

Posted May 17, 2008:

• Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates
• Parrot Fossil 55 Million Years Old Discovered In Scandinavia

Posted May 16, 2008:

• Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species

Posted May 15, 2008:

• Mice Can Do Without Humans' Most Treasured Genes

Posted May 13, 2008:

• Ancient Protein Offers Clues To Killer Condition

Posted May 12, 2008:

• Genetics Confirm Oral Traditions Of Druze In Israel

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals

Posted May 6, 2008:

• Genome Sequence Of Fungus Reveals Unsuspected Ability To Use Complex Carbon Sources
• Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites

Posted May 1, 2008:

• Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Dinosaurs Probably Lacked Tissue To Generate Heat

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Freshwater Herring Had Salty Origin
• Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Infant Carrying Ruled Out As Reason Why Early Humans Walked Upright, According To New Research
• Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Slowly-developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-witted

Posted April 19, 2008:

• What Are The Odds Of Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life?

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home

Posted April 17, 2008:

• Clues To Ancestral Origin Of Placenta Emerge In Genetics Study

Posted April 14, 2008:

• When Genetics And Geology Meet In Patagonia

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society
• The First Animal On Earth Was Significantly More Complex Than Previously Believed

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Evolution In The Classroom: 'Evolution Machine' Lets Students See It Happen
• Technique Traces Origins Of Disease Genes In Mixed Human Populations

Posted April 6, 2008:

• Darwin Was Right: Natural Selection Speeds Up Speciation

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Is DNA Repair A Substitute For Sex?
• Fossil From Last Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans Found In Europe, 1.2 Million Years Old

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Scientists Reshape Y Chromosome Haplogroup Tree Gaining New Insights Into Human Ancestry
• Pre-Clovis Human DNA Found In 14,300-year-old Feces In Oregon Cave Is Oldest In New World
• Natural Selection Protected Some East Asian Populations From Alcoholism, Study Suggests

Posted April 2, 2008:

• When Evolution Tends To Maximize The Diversity And Functioning Of Ecosystems

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Menopause Is An Adaptation To Minimize Reproductive Competition Between Females In A Family, Research Suggests
• Study Questions 'Cost Of Complexity' In Evolution

Posted March 27, 2008:

• New Genomics Software Infers Ancestry With High Accuracy
• Reason For Almost Two Billion Year Delay In Animal Evolution On Earth Discovered

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Genetic Study Of Latin Americans Sheds Light On A Troubled History
• Good Luck Indeed: 53 Million-year-old Rabbit's Foot Bones Found

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection

Posted March 15, 2008:

• Gene Hunters Fine-tune Marker For Common Obesity Gene

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Do Meteors Create Life? Explosion Of New Life Coincided With Hundreds Of Meteorite Impacts

Posted March 10, 2008:

• History Of Life Seen In The Structure Of Transfer RNA

Posted March 6, 2008:

• Hobbits May Be Human After All

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