Origin of Life News

Posted May 6, 2010:

• Neanderthal Genome Yields Insights Into Human Evolution and Evidence of Interbreeding With Modern Humans
• Peptides May Hold 'Missing Link' to Life

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Resurrected Mammoth Blood Very Cool
• Plumage-Color Traits More Extreme Over Time

Posted May 1, 2010:

• Global Glaciation Snowballed Into Giant Change in Carbon Cycle

Posted April 29, 2010:

• 'Different Forms of Flowers' Continues to Fascinate: Darwin's Influential Study Inspires Research on Breeding System Called Heterostyly

Posted April 26, 2010:

• Secrets of Unique Enzyme May Illuminate Ancient Ecosystems

Posted April 21, 2010:

• 'Ancestral Eve' Crystal May Explain Origin of Life's Left-Handedness
• Primate Fossil More Than 11 Million Years Old Discovered

Posted April 19, 2010:

• Chinese Pigs 'Direct Descendants' of First Domesticated Breeds

Posted April 12, 2010:

• Kissing Cousins: Genes Critical to Moths’ Complicated Sexual Communication and Their Evolution Uncovered
• Pre-History of Life: Elegantly Simple Organizing Principles Seen in Ribosomes

Posted April 9, 2010:

• Rewiring of Gene Regulation Across 300 Million Years of Evolution

Posted April 8, 2010:

• New Hominid Shares Traits With Homo Species: Fossil Find Sheds Light on the Transition to Homo Genus from Earlier Hominids

Posted April 5, 2010:

• Form or Function? Evolution Takes Different Paths, Genetic Study Shows

Posted April 2, 2010:

• Traces of Early Native Americans -- In Sunflower Genes

Posted March 31, 2010:

• Why Earth Wasn't One Big Ball of Ice 4 Billion Years Ago When Sun's Radiation Was Weaker

Posted March 25, 2010:

• Fossil of Newly Discovered Species Found in Spain
• New Human Species Discovered: Mitochondrial Genome of Previously Unknown Hominins from Siberia Decoded

Posted March 22, 2010:

• Evolution More Rapid Than Darwin Thought

Posted March 17, 2010:

• Dogs Likely Originated in the Middle East, New Genetic Data Indicate
• Evolution of Primordial Chemical Sensor, Nociception, Sniffed out

Posted March 15, 2010:

• Flowering Plants May Be Considerably Older Than Previously Thought

Posted March 11, 2010:

• Scientists Discover 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision

Posted March 10, 2010:

• Fossil Bird Eggshell Provides Source of Ancient DNA
• Students' Perceptions of Earth's Age Influence Acceptance of Human Evolution

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Drastic Musk Ox Population Decline 12,000 Years Ago Due to Climate, Not Humans, Study Finds
• Unselfish Molecules May Have Helped Give Birth to the Genetic Material of Life

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Snowball Earth: New Evidence Hints at Global Glaciation 716.5 Million Years Ago

Posted March 3, 2010:

• Strategic Research Program Needed to Determine Whether, How Past Climate Influenced Human Evolution

Posted March 2, 2010:

• Genetic Footprint of Natural Selection

Posted March 1, 2010:

• Ancient DNA from Rare Fossil Reveals That Polar Bears Evolved Recently and Adapted Quickly

Posted February 27, 2010:

• By Tracking Water Molecules, Physicists Hope to Unlock Secrets of Life
• DNA Sequence of Extinct Ancient Cattle Uncovered

Posted February 25, 2010:

• Stickleback Genomes Shining Bright Light on Evolution
• Interactions Between Species: Powerful Driving Force Behind Evolution?

Posted February 23, 2010:

• Small Dogs Originated in the Middle East, Genetic Study Finds
• DNA Sequencing Unlocks Evolutionary Origins, Relationships Among Flowering Plants

Posted February 22, 2010:

• Ancient DNA Reveals Caribou History Linked to Volcanic Eruption
• Scientists Create Tiny RNA Molecule With Big Implications for Life's Origins
• DNA Evidence Tells 'Global Story' of Human History

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Evolutionary Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors May Lead to New Species

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Upside-Down Answer for Deep Mystery: What Caused Earth to Hold Its Last Breath?
• New Type of Genetic Variation Could Strengthen Natural Selection

Posted February 11, 2010:

• New Picture of Ancient Ocean Chemistry Argues for Chemically Layered Water

Posted February 10, 2010:

• Waking the Dead: Scientists Reconstruct Nuclear Genome of Extinct Human Being

Posted February 5, 2010:

• Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
• Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater

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