Evolution News

Posted April 25, 2007:

• Sea Squirt, Heal Thyself: Scientists Make Major Breakthrough In Regenerative Medicine
• Historian Discovers Evidence Documenting First European Voyage Up The Delaware

Posted April 22, 2007:

• One Small Carnivore Survived The Last Ice Age In Ireland

Posted April 21, 2007:

• Human-chimp Gene Study Upsets Long-held View

Posted April 18, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Newer Than Previously Thought

Posted April 17, 2007:

• No Solution To Cancer: Have Our Genes Evolved To Turn Against Us?
• Ancient Amphibians Evolved A Bite Before Migrating To Dry Land

Posted April 16, 2007:

• Disputing Coevolution In Herbivorous Insects: Do We Need A Paradigm Change?

Posted April 13, 2007:

• More Flight Than Fancy?
• New Primate Species Found In 42 Million-year-old Texas Fossils
• Human-Chimp Differences Uncovered With Analysis Of Rhesus Monkey Genome

Posted April 12, 2007:

• Tyrannosaurus Rex And Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced

Posted April 4, 2007:

• Why Are There So Many More Species Of Insects? Because Insects Have Been Here Longer

Posted April 3, 2007:

• Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish

Posted April 2, 2007:

• Carry On Walking!
• Genomics Throws Species Definition In Question For Microbes

Posted March 30, 2007:

• Biologists Call For Better Choice Of Model Organisms In 'Evo-devo'

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-day Mammals, Claim Researchers
• Ewwwww! UCLA Anthropologist Studies Evolution's Disgusting Side

Posted March 26, 2007:

• Simulated Populations Used To Probe Gene Mapping

Posted March 23, 2007:

• Fossil Discovery Marks Earliest Record Of Limbloss In Ancient Lizard
• Global Warming Could Be Reversing A Trend That Led To Bigger Human Brains

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Scientist Develops New Mathematical Model To Study Disease Genetics And Evolution

Posted March 20, 2007:

• No Sex For 40 Million Years? No Problem

Posted March 19, 2007:

• New Bird Species Found In Idaho, Demonstrates Co-evolutionary Arms Race
• Long Legs Are More Efficient, According To New Math Model

Posted March 17, 2007:

• Cold Is Hot In Evolution: Researchers Debunk Belief Species Evolve Faster In Tropics

Posted March 16, 2007:

• RNA Enzyme Structure Offers A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Life
• Tooth Decay Analysis Supports 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted March 15, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover New Mammal From Mesozoic Era
• Newly Identified Species Of Spiny Snail-like Creature, 505 Million Year Old, Described

Posted March 14, 2007:

• How Long Is A Child A Child? Human Developmental Patterns Emerged More Than 160,000 Years Ago

Posted March 13, 2007:

• Caribbean Extinctions Occurred Two Million Years After Apparent Cause

Posted March 12, 2007:

• These Legs Were Made For Fighting: Human Ancestors Had Short Legs For Combat, Not Just Climbing

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Lizards May Help Unlock Secrets of Evolution
• Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues
• 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

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