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From Fish to Human: Research Reveals How Fins Became Legs
December 10, 2012 — Vertebrates' transition to living on land, instead of only in water, represented a major event in the history of life. Now, researchers provide new evidence that the development of hands and feet ... > full story -
Tracking Gene Flow in Marine Plant Evolution
December 10, 2012 — A new method that could give a deeper insight into evolutionary biology. Biologists identified the segregation of genes that a marine plant underwent during its evolution. They found that the ... > full story -
Ethiopians and Tibetans Thrive in Thin Air Using Similar Physiology, but Different Genes
December 7, 2012 — Scientists have pinpointed genetic changes that allow some Ethiopians to live more than a mile above sea level without getting altitude sickness. The genes differ from those reported previously for ... > full story -
European Romani Exodus Began 1,500 Years Ago, DNA Evidence Shows
December 6, 2012 — Despite their modern-day diversity of language, lifestyle, and religion, Europe's widespread Romani population shares a common, if complex, past. It all began in northwestern India about 1,500 years ... > full story -
Emergence of Flowering Plants: New Light Shed on Darwin's 'Abominable Mystery'
December 6, 2012 — Research sheds new light on what Charles Darwin famously called "an abominable mystery": the apparently sudden appearance and rapid spread of flowering plants in the fossil ... > full story -
Reading History Through Genetics
December 5, 2012 — An engineering study demonstrates a new approach used to analyze genetic data to learn more about the history of populations. The authors, the first to develop a method that can describe in detail ... > full story -
National Geographic Unveils New Phase of Genographic Project
December 5, 2012 — The National Geographic Society has announced the next phase of its Genographic Project -- the multiyear global research initiative that uses DNA to map the history of human migration. Building on ... > full story -
Origin of Intelligence and Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
December 2, 2012 — Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans -- and other mammals -- have evolved to have intelligence. Researchers have identified the moment in history when the genes that enabled us to ... > full story -
Native Americans and Northern Europeans More Closely Related Than Previously Thought
November 30, 2012 — Using genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations descend from a mixture of two very different ancestral populations, and one of these populations is related to ... > full story -
Genome of the Black Death Reveals Evidence for an Antique Bubonic Plague Pandemic
November 29, 2012 — Researchers have compared medieval and modern plague pathogens. In a comparison of more than 300 contemporary strains of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, with ancient ... > full story
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