Origin of Life News

Posted August 2, 2002:

• Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged

Posted July 23, 2002:

• Dust In "Earth's Attic" Could Hold Evidence Of Planet's Earliest Life

Posted May 10, 2002:

• Researchers Discover Clues To Whale Evolution

Posted March 28, 2002:

• University Of Alaska Biologist Tracking Extinct Bears

Posted March 14, 2002:

• UCLA Scientists, Colleagues Substantiate Biological Origin Of Earliest Fossils

Posted March 8, 2002:

• Humans Emerged "Out Of Africa" Again And Again

Posted October 17, 2001:

• Rafting Rodents From Africa May Have Been Ancestors Of South American Species

Posted September 20, 2001:

• New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin

Posted August 10, 2001:

• First Land Plants And Fungi Changed Earth's Climate, Paving The Way For Explosive Evolution Of Land Animals, New Gene Study Suggests

Posted May 14, 2001:

• Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians

Posted April 5, 2001:

• Oily Fossils Provide Clues To The Evolution Of Flowers

Posted April 3, 2001:

• Major Fossil Find Reveals Asian Origins Of Salamanders

Posted February 12, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

Posted January 12, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans

Posted January 11, 2001:

• New Fossil Found In Mongolia Provides Insight Into The Origin Of Living Birds And The Evolution Of Flight

Posted October 24, 2000:

• Astrobiologists Probe A Desert Galapagos To See Evolution's Great Leap

Posted May 17, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted April 4, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted March 17, 2000:

• Newly Discovered Fossils From China Shed Light On Common Ancestry Of Monkeys, Apes And Humans

Posted February 4, 2000:

• Life On Land Tied To Gene Expansion
• University Of Hawaii Researchers Find Myoglobin-Like Proteins In Ancient Microorganisms

Posted January 26, 2000:

• We Are Not Alone - Or Are We?

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 11, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 28, 1999:

• Ancient Iron-Rich Rocks Point To Early Occurrence Of Land-Based Life

Posted August 6, 1999:

• New Tree Of Life For Plants: 'Animal Kingdom' And 'Plant Kingdom' Categories No Longer Relevant

Posted June 25, 1999:

• Dinosaur Fossils Reveal Evolution's Big Picture, Says Paleontologist

Posted June 17, 1999:

• Discovery Of New Bird Species In China, Oldest Beak Shows Evolution Complexity

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Findings On Primitive Shark Contradicts Current View Of Jaw Evolution

Posted March 22, 1999:

• Flatworms Are Oldest Living Ancestors To Those Of Us With Right And Left Sides, Researchers Report In Science

Posted January 21, 1999:

• Large Gene Study Questions Cambrian Explosion

Posted November 17, 1998:

• Beyond Jurassic Park -- Real Science With Ancient DNA

Posted October 1, 1998:

• Fossil Evidence Of Worms Over One Billion Years Old Reported In Science

Posted September 17, 1998:

• Whitehead Study Supports Existence Of Ancient RNA World, Helps Provide Insight Into Early Evolution Of Life

Posted June 10, 1998:

• Yale Scientists Recreate Molecular "Fossils," Now Extinct, That May Have Existed At The Beginning Of Life

Posted May 15, 1998:

• Biochemists Gain Crystal-Clear Insight Into 'Ancient' Enzyme

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted May 6, 1998:

• Gene Study Shows Mammals Lived Before Extinction Of The Dinosaurs

Posted April 2, 1998:

• How Did Life Begin? Biochemical Evolution On Mineral Surfaces

Posted March 24, 1998:

• Researchers Announce Discovery Of Skulls Of Bizarre Animals Showing Advanced Stage In Transition Between Dinosaurs And Birds

Posted February 2, 1998:

• American Museum Of Natural History Researchers Announce Discovery Of Oldest Known Fossil Ants - 92-Million-Year-Old Fossils Found In New Jersey Amber

Posted August 15, 1997:

• Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor

Posted March 14, 1997:

• New Study Boosts Idea Of Past Life On Mars

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