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Scientists Identify Rare Evolutionary Intermediates to Understand the Origin of Eukaryotes

September 11, 2019

While simple prokaryotic bacteria formed within the first billion years of the Earth, the origin of eurkaryotes, the first ce...

Researchers Find Hurricanes Drive the Evolution of More Aggressive Spiders

August 20, 2019

Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies, and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the h...

Bats Use Leaves as Mirrors to Find Prey in the Dark

August 2, 2019

The approach angle is the key

Like Film Editors and Archaeologists, Biochemists Piece Together Genome History

July 30, 2019

Researchers uncover new evidence for the origin of RNA splicing within human genes

Ancient Epigenetic Changes Silence Cancer-Linked Genes

July 11, 2019

Recent study sheds new light on how our epigenetics can regulate genes, some of which are linked to cancer development later ...

Can Mathematics Help Us Understand the Complexity of Our Microbiome?

July 4, 2019

How do the communities of microbes living in our gastrointestinal systems affect our health?

A New Normal: Study Explains Universal Pattern in Fossil Record

June 27, 2019

While scientists have long known about an unusual pattern in the fossil record, they have struggled to explain it

Dark Centers of Chromosomes Reveal Ancient DNA

June 21, 2019

If researchers can distinguish chromosomes from each other by their centromeres, they can start to carry out functional tests...

Woolly Mammoths and Neanderthals May Have Shared Genetic Traits

April 9, 2019

Findings point to molecular resemblance in climate adaptation traits of the two species

Growing from Loss: Virus Deletes Gene to Regain Replication

March 11, 2019

One virus’ genetic loss can become its evolutionary gain, says a pioneering study

New Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking in Human Ancestors

March 4, 2019

4.5-million-year-old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested

Research Shows What It Takes to Be a Giant Shark

January 25, 2019

Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or why some other sharks are much smaller?

Primates of the Caribbean: Ancient DNA Reveals History of Mystery Monkey

November 13, 2018

Weird evolution revealed in now-extinct monkey that inhabited Jamaica until a few hundred years ago

Short Stature in Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers May Be Linked to Cardiac Adaptation

November 8, 2018

In adapting to an environment, organisms theoretically have a variety of ways they can change to become more in tune with the...

Codebreaker Turing's Theory Explains How Shark Scales Are Patterned

November 8, 2018

A system proposed by World War II codebreaker Alan Turing more than 60 years ago can explain the patterning of tooth-like sca...

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