Origin of Life News

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

Posted September 16, 2011:

• Previously Unknown Ocean Bacteria Lead Scientists to Entirely New Theories

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Human-Chimp Evolutionary Divergence: Methylation and Gene Sequence Co-Evolved, Study Suggests

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Woolly Mammoth's Secrets for Shrugging Off Cold Points Toward New Artificial Blood for Humans

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Evolution Keeps Sex Determination Flexible

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds
• Evidence for a Persistently Iron-Rich Ocean Changes Views on Earth's Early History

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Jumping Gene's Preferred Targets May Influence Genome Evolution

Posted September 5, 2011:

• Ancient Humans Were Mixing It Up: Anatomically Modern Humans Interbred With More Archaic Hominin Forms While in Africa

Posted September 3, 2011:

• Rock Rafts Could Be 'Cradle of Life'

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Woolly Rhino Fossil Discovery in Tibet Provides Important Clues to Evolution of Ice Age Giants

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Humans Shaped Stone Axes 1.8 Million Years Ago: Advanced Tool-Making Methods Pushed Back in Time
• First Lizard Genome Sequenced: Green Anole Lizard's Genome Sheds Light on Vertebrate Evolution

Posted August 29, 2011:

• Black Death Bacterium Identified: Genetic Analysis of Medieval Plague Skeletons Shows Presence of Yersinia Pestis Bacteria
• From Mild-Mannered to Killer: Study Explains Plague's Rapid Evolution and Sheds Light on Fighting Deadly Diseases
• How an 'Evolutionary Playground' Brings Plant Genes Together

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Ancient 'Daddy Long Legs' Revealed in 3-D Models
• Ancient Wild Horses Help Unlock Past

Posted August 21, 2011:

• Oldest Fossils on Earth Discovered

Posted August 18, 2011:

• Three Waves of Evolutionary Innovation Shaped Diversity of Vertebrates, Genome Analysis Reveals

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Most Primitive Living Eel Discovered: Creating a New Species, Genus and Family of Animal

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Nature Reaches for the High-Hanging Fruit: Tools of Paleontology Shed New Light on Diversity of Natural Plant Chemicals
• Breathing New Life Into Earth: Evidence of Early Oxygen in the Oceans of Our Planet

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Hidden Soil Fungus, Now Revealed, Is in a Class All Its Own

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Study Builds on Plausible Scenario for Origin of Life on Earth
• New Insights Into the How the Powerhouse of the Cell Works

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Billion-Year-Old Piece of North America Traced Back to Antarctica

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