Evolution News

Posted July 23, 2007:

• Charting Ever-changing Genomes
• One Species, Many Genomes

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Why Humans Walk On Two Legs
• Rise Of Dinosaurs In Late Triassic More Gradual Than Once Thought

Posted July 19, 2007:

• How Pathogens Evolve To Escape Detection
• New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking
• How Plants Learned To Respond To Changing Environments

Posted July 12, 2007:

• Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed
• A First-principles Model Of Early Evolution

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia

Posted July 8, 2007:

• When Is A Worm Not A Worm? When It's A Jellyfish...

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Sea Anemone Genome Provides New View Of Our Multi-celled Ancestors

Posted July 5, 2007:

• Reap What Your Ancestors Sowed: Cheating Has Long-term Consequences In Evolution Of Cooperation
• Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Book Makes Case For Using Evolution In Everyday Life
• Original Human 'Stone Age' Diet Is Good For People With Diabetes, Study Finds
• Egypt's Lost Queen: First Identification Of A Pharaoh Found In The Valley Of The Kings Since King Tut

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Tasmanian Tiger Extinction Mystery
• Which Came First: Primates' Ability To See Colorful Food Or See Colorful Sex?

Posted June 25, 2007:

• Human-like Altruism Shown In Chimpanzees
• March Of The Giant Penguins: Prehistoric Equatorial Penguins Reached 5 Feet In Height

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves
• Human Immunity To 'Viral Fossil' May Help Explain Our Vulnerability To HIV

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Originated On Earth 65 Million Years Ago, Researchers Assert

Posted June 20, 2007:

• Moss Genes Provided Fuse For Plant Life Explosion
• Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda Discovered

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey

Posted June 13, 2007:

• CT Scan Reveals Ancient Long-necked Gliding Reptile

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Scientists Propose The Kind Of Chemistry That Led To Life
• Agonized Death Throes Probable Cause Of Open-mouthed, Head-back Pose Of Many Dinosaur Fossils

Posted June 10, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance

Posted June 7, 2007:

• Caribbean Frogs Started With A Single, Ancient Voyage On A Raft From South America

Posted June 1, 2007:

• West African Ocean Sediment Core Links Monsoons To Global Climate Evolution

Posted May 30, 2007:

• Why Are There No Unicorns?

Posted May 28, 2007:

• Inner Workings Of The Magnanimous Mind: Why It Feels Good To Be Altruistic

Posted May 25, 2007:

• Rare Footprints Of Infant Dinosaur Discovered
• Color Vision Drove Primates To Develop Red Skin And Hair, Study Finds
• Archaea In Hot Springs Use Ammonia For Energy: May Shed Light On Early Evolution

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Scientists Evolve New Proteins From Scratch
• Prehistoric Behavior And Ecology Of Northern Fur Seals Reconstructed
• DNA Clues To Inform Conservation In Africa

Posted May 22, 2007:

• Study Of Protein Folds Offers Insight Into Metabolic Evolution

Posted May 17, 2007:

• Reproductive Speed Protects Large Animals From Being Hunted To Extinction

Posted May 16, 2007:

• Biotechnology Solves Debate Over Origin Of European Potato

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Species Thrive When Sexual Dimorphism Broadens Their Niches

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