Origin of Life News

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Inefficient Selection: New Evolutionary Mechanism Accounts For Some Of Human Biological Complexity

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Charles Darwin Really Did Have Advanced Ideas About The Origin Of Life

Posted November 1, 2009:

• A Solution To Darwin's 'Mystery Of The Mysteries' Emerges From The Dark Matter Of The Genome

Posted October 30, 2009:

• New Wrinkle In Ancient Ocean Chemistry

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Novel Evolutionary Theory For The Explosion Of Life

Posted October 26, 2009:

• First Inhabitants Of Canary Islands Were Berbers, Genetic Analysis Reveals
• Volcanoes Played Pivotal Role In Ancient Ice Age, Mass Extinction

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Ancient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove For Farmers

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Tool-making Human Ancestors Inhabited Grassland Environments Two Million Years Ago

Posted October 19, 2009:

• Time In A Bottle: Scientists Watch Evolution Unfold

Posted October 17, 2009:

• Seeing Blue: Fish Vision Discovery Makes Waves In Evolutionary Biology

Posted October 14, 2009:

• New Type Of Flying Reptile: Darwin's Pterodactyl Preyed On Flying Dinosaurs

Posted October 12, 2009:

• Banded Rocks Reveal Early Earth Conditions, Changes

Posted October 9, 2009:

• New Mesozoic Mammal: Discovery Illuminates Mammalian Ear Evolution While Dinosaurs Ruled

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Ancient Earth's Magnetic Field Was Structured Like Today's Two-pole Model

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

Posted September 28, 2009:

• HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Mutations Make Evolution Irreversible: By Resurrecting Ancient Proteins, Researchers Find That Evolution Can Only Go Forward

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Early Life On Earth: Could Salt Crusts Be Key Ingredient In Cooking Up Prebiotic Molecules?
• Live Birth -- Key To Much Marine Life -- Depends Upon Evolution Of Chromosomal Sex Determination

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Molecular Evidence Supports Key Tenet Of Darwin's Evolution Theory

Posted September 13, 2009:

• 'Death Stench' Is A Universal Ancient Warning Signal, Biologists Discover

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Ancient Oceans Offer New Insight Into Origins Of Animal Life

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Molecular Decay Of Enamel-specific Gene In Toothless Mammals Supports Theory Of Evolution

Posted September 4, 2009:

• Europe's First Farmers Were Immigrants: Replaced Their Stone Age Hunter-gatherer Forerunners

Posted September 3, 2009:

• First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Discovery Of Novel Genes Could Unlock Mystery Of What Makes Us Uniquely Human

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Milk Drinking Started Around 7,500 Years Ago In Central Europe

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Model Suggests How Life's Code Emerged From Primordial Soup

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Research Reveals Major Insight Into Evolution Of Life On Earth

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Ancient Climate: The Greenhouse Gas That Saved The World

Posted August 7, 2009:

• Scientists Find Early Evolution Maximized The 'Spellchecking' Of Protein Sequences

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows

Posted July 31, 2009:

• Evidence Of Liquid Water In Comets Reveals Possible Origin Of Life

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative

Posted July 29, 2009:

• After Dinosaurs, Mammals Rise But Their Genomes Get Smaller

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Earliest Animals Lived In A Lake Environment, Research Shows

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia

Posted July 21, 2009:

• Growing Sea Lamprey Embryos Dramatically Alter Genomes, Discard Millions Of Units Of DNA

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Sharks: Missing Piece Of Fossil Puzzle Found

Posted July 13, 2009:

• Core Nuclear Pore Elements Likely Shared By All Eukaryotes

Posted July 12, 2009:

• Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Explosive Growth Of Life On Earth Fueled By Early Greening Of Planet

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
• Biogenic Origin For Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils
• Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
• Mid-Pliocene Asian Monsoon Intensification And The Onset Of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

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