Human Evolution News

Posted October 31, 2007:

• Domestic Cat Genome Sequenced

Posted October 30, 2007:

• Intriguing Approach To Developing Treatments For Chagas Disease Found

Posted October 25, 2007:

• New Ideas About Human Migration From Asia To Americas
• Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

Posted October 24, 2007:

• St. Bernard Study Shows Human-Directed Evolution At Work

Posted October 18, 2007:

• Neandertals, Humans Share Key Changes To 'Language Gene'

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Detected

Posted October 14, 2007:

• New Method Of Selecting DNA For Resequencing Accelerates Discovery Of Subtle DNA Variations

Posted October 12, 2007:

• Inconsistencies With Neanderthal Genomic DNA Sequences

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Environmental Setting Of Human Migrations In The Circum-Pacific Region

Posted October 9, 2007:

• Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues
• Spread Of Endogenous Retrovirus K Is Similar In The DNA Of Humans And Rhesus Monkeys

Posted October 8, 2007:

• New Insights Into The Evolution Of The Human Genome

Posted September 20, 2007:

• New Light Shed On The 'Hobbit'

Posted September 11, 2007:

• Was Ability To Run Early Man's Achilles Heel?

Posted September 9, 2007:

• Extra Gene Copies Were Enough To Make Early Humans' Mouths Water

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Higher Social Skills Are Distinctly Human, Toddler And Ape Study Reveals

Posted September 5, 2007:

• Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out

Posted September 4, 2007:

• Genes Associated With Schizophrenia Evolved Rapidly Due To Selection During Human Evolution

Posted August 29, 2007:

• In Matters Of Sex And Death, Men Are An Essential Part Of The Equation

Posted August 28, 2007:

• Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution
• Not All Risk Is Created Equal

Posted August 23, 2007:

• DNA Provides Clues To Outcome In Patients With Liver Cancer

Posted August 22, 2007:

• All Eukaryotic Kinases Share One Common Set Of Substrates

Posted August 13, 2007:

• Handsome By Chance: Why Humans Look Different From Neanderthals
• Facial Attraction: Choice Of Sexual Partner Shaped The Human Face
• New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo

Posted August 7, 2007:

• Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature

Posted August 5, 2007:

• Gene For Left-Handedness Identified

Posted July 30, 2007:

• Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits

Posted July 25, 2007:

• How Would The Avian Influenza Virus Be Transmitted In Human Households?

Posted July 18, 2007:

• New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa
• Sequencing Method Yields Fuller Picture

Posted July 16, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed

Posted July 9, 2007:

• Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Book Makes Case For Using Evolution In Everyday Life

Posted June 25, 2007:

• Human-Like Altruism Shown In Chimpanzees

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Human Immunity To 'Viral Fossil' May Help Explain Our Vulnerability To HIV

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator
• Human Genetic 'Deserts' Are Teeming With Significant Life

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda Discovered

Posted June 13, 2007:

• Encyclopedia Of DNA: New Findings Challenge Established Views On Human Genome

Posted May 31, 2007:

• Lessons From The Orangutans: Upright Walking May Have Begun In The Trees

Posted May 21, 2007:

• Mice And Men Make Livers Differently

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Opossum Genome Shows 'Junk' DNA Source Of Genetic Innovation
• New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution
• Cataloging The Structural Variations In Human Genetics

Posted May 8, 2007:

• Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans

Posted May 1, 2007:

• Corals -- More Complex Than You?

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