Origin of Life News

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-day Mammals, Claim Researchers

Posted March 16, 2007:

• RNA Enzyme Structure Offers A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Life

Posted March 15, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover New Mammal From Mesozoic Era

Posted March 14, 2007:

• How Long Is A Child A Child? Human Developmental Patterns Emerged More Than 160,000 Years Ago

Posted March 8, 2007:

• New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps
• Despite Their Heft, Many Dinosaurs Had Surprisingly Tiny Genomes

Posted March 7, 2007:

• Individuals And Populations Differ In Gene Activity Levels, Not Just Genes

Posted March 6, 2007:

• Two-step Process Filters Evolution Of Genes Of Human And Chimpanzee

Posted March 1, 2007:

• Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected
• Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication

Posted February 19, 2007:

• Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life, Says Researcher

Posted February 18, 2007:

• Europeans' Understanding Of Science, Evolution, More Advanced Than Americans

Posted February 16, 2007:

• 'Regressive Evolution' In Cavefish: Natural Selection Or Genetic Drift
• Out Of Africa -- Bacteria, As Well: Homo Sapiens And H. Pylori Jointly Spread Across The Globe

Posted February 15, 2007:

• Cold Climate Produced By Algae Contributed To Onset Of Multicellular Life

Posted February 14, 2007:

• New DNA Method Helps Explain Extinction Of Woolly Mammoth, Other Ice Age Mammals

Posted February 12, 2007:

• Mummy's Amazing American Maize
• No Missing Link? Evolutionary Changes Occur Suddenly, Professor Says

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Largest North America Climate Change In 65 Million Years, Study Shows

Posted February 6, 2007:

• Human Proteins Evolving Slowly Thanks To Multitasking Genes

Posted February 5, 2007:

• Ancient Rocks Show How Young Earth Avoided Becoming Giant Snowball

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Does Evolution Select For Faster Evolvers? Horizontal Gene Transfer Adds To Complexity, Speed Of Evolution

Posted January 21, 2007:

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To Altruism: Study Explains How Costly Traits Evolve

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Closing A Loophole In The RNA World Hypothesis

Posted January 12, 2007:

• 'Out Of Africa' Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evolved In Africa

Posted January 8, 2007:

• Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-living Species

Posted December 28, 2006:

• Mystery Solved: Chemicals Made Stradivarius Violins Unique, Says Professor

Posted December 20, 2006:

• Software, Evolution And Micro-inversions: Improving The Building Of Phylogenetic Trees
• Human-chimp Difference May Be Bigger
• History-hunting Geneticists Can Still Follow Familiar Trail

Posted December 18, 2006:

• New Male-specific Gene In Algae Unveils An Origin Of Male And Female

Posted December 14, 2006:

• Two Studies On Bee Evolution Reveal Surprises

Posted December 12, 2006:

• New Insights Into The Origin Of Life On Earth

Posted December 11, 2006:

• From Hot Springs To Rice Farms, Scientists Reveal New Insights Into The Secret Lives Of Archaea

Posted December 10, 2006:

• Solving Darwin's Dilemma: Oxygen May Be The Clue To First Appearance Of Large Animals

Posted December 9, 2006:

• Geobiologists Solve 'Catch-22 Problem' Concerning The Rise Of Atmospheric Oxygen

Posted December 8, 2006:

• Ancient Ape Ruled Out Of Man's Ancestral Line

Posted December 7, 2006:

• Ancient Climate Change May Portend Toasty Future

Posted December 5, 2006:

• NASA Scientists Find Primordial Organic Matter In Meteorite

Posted December 1, 2006:

• Evolution Of Influenza A Virus

Posted November 24, 2006:

• Genetic Variation: We're More Different Than We Thought

Posted November 20, 2006:

• Origins Of Life: New Approach Helps Expand Study Of Living Fossils

Posted November 17, 2006:

• Origin Of Life: The Search For The First Genetic Material
• Unraveling Where Chimp And Human Brains Diverge

Posted November 16, 2006:

• Neanderthal Genome Sequencing Yields Surprising Results And Opens A New Door To Future Studies

Posted November 15, 2006:

• Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth

Posted November 13, 2006:

• More Species In The Tropics Because Species Have Been There Longer, Study Suggests

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