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Evolution Is Driven By Gene Regulation
August 9, 2007 — It is not just what's in your genes, it's how you turn them on that accounts for the difference between species -- at least in yeast -- according to a new report. Conventional wisdom has been that if ... > full story -
Gene For Left-Handedness Identified
August 5, 2007 — Scientists have discovered a gene that increases an individual's chances of being left-handed. The research revealed a gene called LRRTM1; the first to be discovered which has an effect on ... > full story -
Orangutans Communicate As If They Were Playing Charades
August 2, 2007 — When using gestures to get their points across, orangutans rely on the same basic strategy that humans follow when playing the popular game and intentionally modify or repeat hand (or other) signals ... > full story -
Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits
July 30, 2007 — Researchers report the results of a large-scale, genome-wide study to investigate gene copy number differences among ten primate species, including humans. In the report, the scientists speculate how ... > full story -
Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing
July 24, 2007 — The first complete mitochondrial DNA genome for the mastodon extends the age range for genomic analyses by almost a complete glacial cycle, and resolves the relationships among African and Asian ... > full story -
Great Bustards Breed In UK For First Time In 175 Years
July 22, 2007 — The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has welcomed news of the first breeding great bustards in Great Britain for 175 years. The Great Bustard Group has been releasing birds on Salisbury ... > full story -
Why Humans Walk On Two Legs
July 20, 2007 — A team of anthropologists that studied chimpanzees trained to use treadmills has gathered new evidence suggesting that our earliest apelike ancestors started walking on two legs because it required ... > full story -
Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking
July 16, 2007 — A new study provides support for the hypothesis that walking on two legs, or bipedalism, evolved because it used less energy than quadrupedal knucklewalking. Humans walking on two legs only used ... > full story -
For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than A Barrel Of Monkeys
July 13, 2007 — Primate tourism, an economic benefit and conservation tool in many habitat countries, has exploded in popularity over the past two decades in places like China, Borneo, Uganda, Rwanda, Northern ... > full story -
Human-Like Altruism Shown In Chimpanzees
June 25, 2007 — Experimental evidence reveals that chimpanzees will help other unrelated humans and conspecifics without a reward, showing that they share crucial aspects of altruism with humans. The evolutionary ... > full story
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