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Ancient Microbes Found Living Beneath the Icy Surface of Antarctic Lake
November 26, 2012 — A pioneering study reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one ... > full storyMore: -
Evolutionary Mode Routinely Varies Amongst Morphological Traits Within Fossil Species Lineages
November 26, 2012 — This new study uses model selection methods available only in the last several years and is an excellent example of an emerging revolution in scientific inquiry as new techniques are used to breathe ... > full story -
Model Sheds Light on Chemistry That Sparked Origin of Life
November 26, 2012 — The question of how life began on a molecular level has been a longstanding problem in science. However, recent mathematical research sheds light on a possible mechanism by which life may have gotten ... > full story -
New Evidence on Dinosaurs' Role in Evolution of Bird Flight
November 21, 2012 — A new study looking at the structure of feathers in bird-like dinosaurs has shed light on one of nature's most remarkable inventions -- how flight might have ... > full story -
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Spear Points: Used in Hunting Half-Million Years Ago
November 15, 2012 — A collaborative study found that human ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons 500,000 years ago at the South African archaeological site of Kathu Pan 1 -- 200,000 years earlier than previously ... > full storyMore: -
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
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