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Science of the Search for Richard III
November 15, 2012 — The complexity of tests being performed on Grey Friars skeleton mean answers will not come ... > full story -
Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans and Asians
November 12, 2012 — A group of researchers has discovered the first scientific evidence of genetic blending between Europeans and Asians in the remains of ancient Scythian warriors living over 2,000 years ago in the ... > full story -
Greenland Rocks Provide Evidence of Earth Formation Process
November 8, 2012 — Rocks dating back 3.4 billion years from south-west Greenland's Isua mountain range have yielded valuable information about the structure of the Earth during its earliest stages of development. In ... > full story -
Fossils and Genes Brought Together to Piece Together Evolutionary History
November 7, 2012 — Scientists have reviewed recent studies that have used modern genetic techniques to shed light on fossils, and vice ... > full story -
New Computational Method for Timing the Tree of Life
November 6, 2012 — A scientist has developed a new method for calculating species divergence, delivering accurate results at 1,000 times the speed of conventional ... > full story -
The Evolution of Creationism
November 5, 2012 — Throughout history, people have sought to understand how the world came to be and how it has changed over time. This curiosity has produced a rich legacy of science and philosophy and impacted and ... > full story -
Solving a Biological Mystery: Gene Related to Germ Cell Formation Is Far Older Than First Thought
November 1, 2012 — Researchers have shown that insects like crickets possess a variation of a gene, called oskar, that has been shown to be critical to the production of germ cells in 'higher' insects, particularly ... > full story -
New Study Sheds Light on How and When Vision Evolved
October 29, 2012 — Opsins, the light-sensitive proteins key to vision, may have evolved earlier and undergone fewer genetic changes than previously believed, according to a new ... > full story -
Clearer Picture of How Assassin Bugs Evolved: Entomologists Reconstruct the Evolutionary History
October 25, 2012 — Assassin bugs, which lie in ambush for prey they attack with speed and agility, are found all over the world. But scientists' understanding of their evolutionary history is made difficult by access ... > full story -
Far from Random, Evolution Follows a Predictable Genetic Pattern
October 25, 2012 — Research suggests that knowledge of a species' genes -- and how certain external conditions affect the proteins encoded by those genes -- could be used to determine a predictable evolutionary pattern ... > full story
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