Origin of Life News

Posted February 7, 2012:

• Entire Genome of Extinct Human Decoded from Fossil
• Neanderthal Demise Due to Many Influences, Including Cultural Changes

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Fossil Cricket Reveals Jurassic Love Song

Posted February 1, 2012:

• First Plants Caused Ice Ages, New Research Reveals

Posted January 31, 2012:

• Scientists Prove Plausibility of New Pathway to Life's Chemical Building Blocks
• Ancient DNA Holds Clues to Climate Change Adaptation

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Chimp 'X Factor': Extensive Adaptive Evolution Specifically Targeting the X Chromosome of Chimpanzees

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Life Beyond Earth? Underwater Caves in Bahamas Could Give Clues
• Following Genetic Footprints out of Africa: First Modern Humans Settled in Arabia

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Scientists Discover New Clue to Chemical Origins of Life

Posted January 23, 2012:

• Ancient Domesticated Dog Skull Found in Siberian Cave: 33,000 Years Old

Posted January 22, 2012:

• New Study Sheds Light on Evolutionary Origin of Oxygen-Based Cellular Respiration

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Biologists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step

Posted January 13, 2012:

• Most Recent European Great Ape Discovered
• Novel Chemical Route to Form Organic Molecules

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Breakthrough Model Reveals Evolution of Ancient Nervous Systems Through Seashell Colors
• New Insights Into an Ancient Mechanism of Mammalian Evolution

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Molecular 'Culprit' in Rise of Planetary Oxygen

Posted January 9, 2012:

• Simpler Times: Did an Earlier Genetic Molecule Predate DNA and RNA?

Posted January 8, 2012:

• Evolution of Complexity Recreated Using 'Molecular Time Travel'

Posted December 22, 2011:

• Genetic Study of Black Chickens Shed Light on Mechanisms Causing Rapid Evolution in Domestic Animals

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Birds Caught in the Act of Becoming a New Species

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Ancient Meat-Loving Predators Survived for 35 Million Years

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Early Earth May Have Been Prone to Deep Freezes, Study Finds
• Acquired Traits Can Be Inherited Via Small RNAs

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Setting the Stage for Life: Scientists Make Key Discovery About the Atmosphere of Early Earth

Posted November 24, 2011:

• Ancient Environment Found to Drive Marine Biodiversity
• Spiders, Webs and Insects: A New Perspective on Evolutionary History

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Date and Rate of Earth's Most Extreme Extinction Pinpointed: Results Stem from Largest Ever Examination of Fossil Marine Species

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Fossil Moths Show Their True Colors

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Shared Genes With Neanderthal Relatives: Modern East Asians Share Genetic Material With Prehistoric Denisovans

Posted October 25, 2011:

• Birthplace for Primitive Life on Earth? Researchers Identify Mud Volcanoes in Greenland as Niche for Early Life

Posted October 19, 2011:

• New Evidence for the Oldest Oxygen-Breathing Life on Land

Posted October 10, 2011:

• Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say

Posted October 5, 2011:

• First Comet Found With Ocean-Like Water
• Last Universal Common Ancestor More Complex Than Previously Thought

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Lungfish Provides Insight to Life on Land: 'Humans Are Just Modified Fish'
• Pumice Proposed as Home to the First Life Forms

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Humans and Sharks Share Immune System Feature

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Salty Water and Gas Sucked Into Earth's Interior Helps Unravel Planetary Evolution

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Invasion of Genomic Parasites Triggered Modern Mammalian Pregnancy, Study Finds

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Aboriginal Australians: The First Explorers
• Fluid Equilibrium in Prehistoric Organisms Sheds Light on a Turning Point in Evolution
• Asia Was Settled in Multiple Waves of Migration, DNA Study Suggests

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History
• Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Continents Influenced Ancient Human Migration, Spread of Technology
• Experts Discover Oldest DNA Regulatory Region Known to Date in Vertebrates and Invertebrates

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