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Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds
September 7, 2011 — An endangered species, Przewalski's horse, is much more distantly related to the domestic horse and has a much more diverse gene pool than researchers previously had hypothesized, researchers report. ... > full story -
Jumping Gene's Preferred Targets May Influence Genome Evolution
September 6, 2011 — Our genetic blueprint contains numerous entities known as transposons, which have the ability to move from place to place on the chromosomes within a cell. An astounding 50 percent of human DNA ... > full story -
Ancient Humans Were Mixing It Up: Anatomically Modern Humans Interbred With More Archaic Hominin Forms While in Africa
September 5, 2011 — Anatomically modern humans interbred with more archaic hominin forms even before they migrated out of Africa, a team of researchers has found. The discovery suggests genetic exchange with their more ... > full storyMore: -
Humans Shaped Stone Axes 1.8 Million Years Ago: Advanced Tool-Making Methods Pushed Back in Time
August 31, 2011 — A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds
August 25, 2011 — For a few years now, scientists have known that humans and their evolutionary cousins had some casual flings, but now it appears that these liaisons led to a more meaningful relationship. ... > full story -
New Insights Into the How the Powerhouse of the Cell Works
August 9, 2011 — Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. They are thought to have evolved more than a billion years ago from primitive bacterium which was engulfed by an early eukaryotic cell resulting in ... > full story -
Six Million Years of Savanna: Grasslands, Wooded Grasslands Accompanied Human Evolution
August 3, 2011 — Scientists have used chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover -- in effect, shade -- and found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where ... > full story -
Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of Modern Humans Infiltrating Europe Cited as Critical Factor
July 28, 2011 — New research sheds light on why, after 300,000 years of domination, European Neanderthals abruptly disappeared. Researchers have discovered that modern humans coming from Africa swarmed the region, ... > full story -
Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago
July 19, 2011 — Scientists have found that ancient footprints in Laetoli, Tanzania, show that human-like features of the feet and gait existed almost two million years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Evolution of the Evolutionarily Minded
July 19, 2011 — Since Charles Darwin's publication of "The Origin of Species," evolutionary theory has become the bedrock of modern biology, yet its application to the understanding of the human mind remains ... > full story -
Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal, Genetic Research Shows
July 18, 2011 — Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa, new research ... > full story -
African and Non-African Populations Intermixed Well After Migration out of Africa 60,000 Years Ago, Genome Studies Show
July 13, 2011 — Researchers have probed deeper into human evolution by developing an elegant new technique to analyze whole genomes from different populations. One key finding is that African and non-African ... > full story
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