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Moss Helps Chart the Conquest of Land by Plants
Clues to how the first land
plants managed to avoid
drying out might be provided
by bryophytes, a group that
includes the mosses, many of
which retain remarkable
... > full story
Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
The chemical composition of
our oceans is not constant
but has varied significantly
over geological time. In a
new study, researchers
describe a novel method for
... > full story
Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
Biochemists have described
the process by which
bacteria developed into more
complex cells and found this
crucial step happened much
... > full story
New Research Rejects 80-Year Theory of 'Primordial Soup' as the Origin of Life
For 80 years it has been
accepted that early life
began in a "primordial soup"
of organic molecules before
evolving out of the oceans
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Fossils Show Earliest Animal Trails
February 3, 2010 — Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found. The newly-discovered fossils, from rocks in Newfoundland in Canada, were ... > full story -
Last Ancestor Humans Shared With Worms Had Sophisticated Brain, microRNAs Show
February 2, 2010 — The last ancestor we shared with worms, which roamed the seas around 600 million years ago, may already have had a sophisticated brain. Fossils cannot give us this information, but scientists have ... > full story -
Rotting Fish Heads: Novel Studies of Decomposition Shed New Light on Our Earliest Fossil Ancestry
February 1, 2010 — Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ... > full story -
Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes Evolving Faster Than Expected
January 15, 2010 — The first comprehensive comparison of Y chromosomes from two species sheds new light on Y chromosome evolution. Contrary to a widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly ... > full story -
What Came First in the Origin of Life? New Study Contradicts the 'Metabolism First' Hypothesis
January 9, 2010 — New research rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules capable of experiencing Darwinian evolution without the need of RNA or DNA and their ... > full story -
Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent of Human Genetic Material Comes from a Virus
January 8, 2010 — About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to a new study. The research shows that the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA ... > full story -
Using Modern Sequencing Techniques to Study Ancient Humans
January 4, 2010 — DNA that is left in the remains of long-dead plants, animals or humans allows a direct look into the history of ... > full story -
Evolution Caught in the Act: Scientists Measure How Quickly Genomes Change
January 3, 2010 — Mutations are the raw material of evolution. Scientists have now been able to measure for the first time directly the speed with which new mutations occur in plants. Their findings shed new light on ... > full story -
Certain Genes Boost Chances for Distributing Variety of Traits, Drive Evolution
December 26, 2009 — Genes that don't themselves directly affect the inherited characteristics of an organism but leave them increasingly open to variation may be a significant driving force of evolution, say ... > full story -
Australian Fossil Unlocks Secrets to the Origin of Whales
December 23, 2009 — A palaeobiologist has made groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25-million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, ... > full story
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