Origin of Life News

Posted February 7, 2005:

• UC Berkeley, French Scientists Find Missing Link Between The Whale And Its Closest Relative, The Hippo

Posted February 5, 2005:

• Spotting Evolution On The Wing

Posted February 3, 2005:

• The Evolution Of Self-Fertile Hermaphroditism: The Fog Is Clearing

Posted February 2, 2005:

• Evolution Of Sex Chromosomes: The Case Of The White Campion

Posted January 29, 2005:

• How Many Comparative Genomes Are Enough?

Posted January 20, 2005:

• Human Complexity And Diversity Spring From A Surprisingly Few (Relatively Speaking) Genes

Posted January 15, 2005:

• University Of Chicago Researchers Discovered That Humans Are A 'Privileged' Evolutionary Lineage

Posted January 12, 2005:

• Evidence That Human Brain Evolution Was A Special Event

Posted December 27, 2004:

• Researchers Shed Light On Intron Evolution

Posted December 24, 2004:

• Research Points To New Theory Driving Evolutionary Changes

Posted December 22, 2004:

• Study Resolves Doubt About Origin Of Earth’s Oldest Rocks, Possibility Of Finding Traces Of Ancient Life

Posted December 8, 2004:

• Revisiting The Vertebrate Invasion Of The Land

Posted November 30, 2004:

• UCLA/Emory Article Reviews How Human Brain Evolved Separately From Body

Posted November 19, 2004:

• Sea Change: Skeletons Of Ancient Corals Different From Today's

Posted November 15, 2004:

• Ancient Fossil Offers New Clues To Brown Bears Past

Posted November 11, 2004:

• Crucial Evolutionary Link Points To Origins Of Modern Cells
• Sea Change: Skeletons Of Ancient Corals Different From Today's

Posted November 2, 2004:

• Findings Challenge Darwinian Theory

Posted November 1, 2004:

• Darwin's Greatest Challenge Tackled: The Mystery Of Eye Evolution

Posted October 25, 2004:

• Tracking Ancient Earth's Oxygen Levels Provides Backdrop For Evolution

Posted October 22, 2004:

• Ancient Sea Spider Fossils Discovered In Volcanic Ash

Posted October 21, 2004:

• For Inferring The Biological Tree Of Life, Simple Is Better

Posted October 12, 2004:

• Component Of Volcanic Gas May Have Played A Significant Role In The Origins Of Life On Earth

Posted September 27, 2004:

• 'Fossil Genes' Reveal How Life Sheds Form And Function

Posted September 21, 2004:

• Genes Expose Secrets Of Sex On The Side

Posted September 13, 2004:

• A New Tribe?

Posted September 7, 2004:

• Heart Gene Yields Insights Into Evolution, Disease Risk

Posted September 6, 2004:

• Battle Of The Bubbles May Have Sparked Evolution

Posted September 3, 2004:

• Neanderthal Life No Tougher Than That Of 'Modern' Inuits

Posted August 20, 2004:

• Prions Act As Stepping Stones In Evolution

Posted August 19, 2004:

• Pineal Gland Evolved To Improve Vision, According To New Theory

Posted August 18, 2004:

• Gene Duplication Allowed Pigs To Have More Babies

Posted August 17, 2004:

• Dingo’s Mother A Chinese Domesticated Dog

Posted August 10, 2004:

• Evolvability Could Be A Driving Force In Drug Resistance

Posted August 5, 2004:

• Study Suggests Humans Can Speed Evolution

Posted June 29, 2004:

• Earliest Evidence Of Hereditary Genetic Disorder Discovered

Posted April 23, 2004:

• Discovery Offers Clues To Origin Of Life

Posted April 15, 2004:

• Researchers Close In On How Gene Changes Lead To New Traits

Posted April 8, 2004:

• Barren Siberia, Of All Places, May Be Original Home To Animal Life

Posted April 2, 2004:

• New Fossil Links Four-legged Land Animals To Ancient Fish
• UC San Diego Bioinformatics Experts Help Reconstruct The Genomic Makeup Of Our Ancestors

Posted April 1, 2004:

• Ferns Diversified In Shadow Of Flowering Plants

Posted March 26, 2004:

• NIST-led Research De-mystifies Origins Of 'Junk' DNA

Posted March 8, 2004:

• Baker's Yeast Rises From Genome Duplication

Posted March 5, 2004:

• New Evidence Suggests Early Oceans Bereft Of Oxygen For Eons; Early Life May Have Lived Very Differently Than Life Today

Posted February 17, 2004:

• Human Evolution At The Crossroads: Integrating Genetics And Paleontology

Posted February 16, 2004:

• Rutgers Researcher Offers A New Perspective On Human Evolution

Posted January 13, 2004:

• Researchers Show Evolutionary Theory Adds Up

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