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evolution of nerve cells: progress towards an...

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adventures in the anthropocene by gaia vince -...

Gaia Vince’s ambitious,all-embracing, compelling journey holds a mirror up to humanity’s epoch...

what if the story of life on earth isnt what you...

From single cells through lumbering amphibians to men with spears. We all know ‘the story of life...

do whales have nipples? why discussing evolution...

It’s not the contested issue you’d think it is,looking at Twitter. But I have to be honest, it...

which came first: the butterfly or the flower?

fresh discovery of a butterfly ‘mimic’ predates them by 40 million years[br]Lacewings...

tracing the tangled tracks of humankinds...

The path from ape to contemporary human is not a linear one. Hannah Devlin looks at what we know –...

teach evolution - but not in a moral vacuum |...

Jules Howard writes that teaching evolution from an early age would help combat racism and promote...

are mammals 30 million years older than previously...

Palaeontologists re-examine a 200-million-year-weak fossil from Greenland,reigniting debate about...

what an elephant s tooth teaches us about...

To prove that evolutionary change isn’t always down to the genes,just open an elephant’s mouth...

homo floresiensis: scientists clash over claims...

Tiny skeleton from Indonesia's Flores island is unique ancient species,insist researchersA...

evolving toxins makes frogs more likely to go...

Prey species evolve a variety of ways to avoid predators,including camouflage, conspicuous...

hereditary diseases are the price of protection...

nearly half our genes can be the starting point for diseases. Scientists absorb identified 11000...

role of lifes timekeeper—a novel theory of...

This article presents a current theory of animal (metazoan) evolution,suggesting that it was partly...

oldest known human fossil outside africa...

Human ancestors left Africa far earlier than previously thought,discovery of prehistoric jawbone and...

how a dna revolution has decoded the origins of...

Mapping the genomes of our ancestors has allowed scientists to uncover secrets and discover current...

shedding light on the evolution of whale vision

Eyes are the window between an animal and its environment,and whether your environment has changed...

ancient human relative could walk on two feet, use...

Bone analysis of newly discovered Homo naledi reveals curved fingers for arboreal living but feet of...

the good news from homo naledi: we humans are not...

If ancient hominids really buried their own dead,it could transform attitudes to our evolutionary...

natural selection may favour younger mothers and...

New study suggests evolution is still acting on modern humans,although over many generations and...

five foot seven and claws out of its head: meet...

Fossils of Pentecopterus decorahensis,which hunted in the oceans half a billion years ago,...

study reveals evolution of malaria

Malaria affects close to 500 million people every year,but we're not the only ones—different...

deep male voices evolved to intimidate men, not...

Study suggests that men’s voices evolved through male competition not female mating choices,and...

molecular experiment reverses evolution in birds...

Anyone who has eaten roasted chicken can account for the presence of a long,spine-like bone in the...

one wave of migration from siberia populated the...

Study also reveals some groups in South America own closer genetic ties to indigenous peoples of...

the naked chef? chimpanzees can cook and prefer...

Findings suggest chimpanzees maintain the mental abilities required for cooking,which could maintain...

ban the teaching of creationism in science...

TV presenter says private schools should not be allowed to teach creationism alongside...

yeast study offers evidence of superiority of...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Harvard University has conducted a series of experiments...

why do boys have wieners?

The questions kids quiz about science aren’t always easy to reply. Sometimes,their small brains...

parasites reveal how evolution has molded an...

Long before animals evolved from sponges,and before plants evolved out of algae, there was a pivotal...

we finally know what this freaky ass creature is

A retractable,jawed proboscis. A lithe (Flexible, graceful.), slippery body. A tiny dumbbell with...

homo erectus may have been a sailor - and able to...

A new theory suggests that Homo erectus was able to create seagoing vessels – and must fill used...

humans pack an efficient bite, but at a cost

New work by an international team of researchers shows that the cranium of modern Homo sapiens is...

neural networks: why larger brains are more...

In humans and other mammals,the cerebral cortex is responsible for sensory, motor, or cognitive...

paper challenges current hypotheses for the gain...

Popular theories of why our human ancestors gained and then lost dark skin over the course of...

oldest known case of neanderthal human sex...

Traces of DNA found in remains Neanderthal woman show date of first human-Neanderthal couplings is...

biting off more than it can chew: human ancestor...

Study shows that had Australopithecus sediba bitten down forcefully,it would have dislocated its...

a wall of skulls shows why story of mankind has to...

A spectacular series of fossil discoveries,now going on public display, has transformed the study of...

why mole rats are more flexible than we previously...

One of the most bright facts approximately mole rats - that,as with ants and termites, individuals...

belief in a deity helps humans cooperate and live...

There are plenty of things that fabricate (to make up, invent) it possible for humans to live in...

is evolution predictable?

We are surrounded by microorganisms that adapt in their struggle to survive. In plants and...

study suggests spawning at birth location boosts...

Individuals face the dilemma of whether to stay at domestic or to scamper and seek their fortune...

a wall of skulls shows why story of humankind has...

A spectacular series of fossil discoveries,now going on public display, has transformed the study of...

early controlled use of fire may have led to...

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with the University of New South Wales and Monash...

hobbit like hominins died out sooner than thought....

Analysis shows that the diminutive Homo floresiensis,died out at least 50000 years ago, making...

rooting the family tree of placental mammals

Placental mammals consist of three main groups that diverged rapidly,evolving in wildly different...

neanderthal dna may account for nicotine addiction...

Matching modern genetic profiles against genes known to hold been inherited from Neanderthals has...

crocs keep an eye on you while they sleep

Sleeping with only half your brain sounds like a great way to become a zombie in no time,but for...

bonobos have mastered the art of babytalk, new...

New observation of ‘peeping’ sounds made by humankind’s closest living relative suggest a...

many americans reject evolution, deny climate...

Study points to worrying gulf between the opinions held by scientists and the general public in the...

carp demonstrate rapid de evolution to get their...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from France,Hungary and Madagascar has found that a...

large human brain evolved thanks to increased...

A shift in metabolic gear in our ancient ancestors means that humans burn calories much faster than...

female birds may have lost desire to sing due to...

(Phys.org)—A trio of biologists has conducted a study of one kind of song bird and their results...

mice suffer from a decrease in biological fitness...

Mice with deviant internal rhythms due to a genetic mutation absorb fewer offspring and shorter life...

homo naledi: remains found of new species closely...

Lee Berger,a paleoanthropologist at the University of Witwatersrand, discusses the significance of...

new techniques boost understanding of how fish...

One of the considerable transformations required for the descendants of fish to become creatures...

conserved micrornas may regulate limb regeneration...

Several conserved microRNAs,or short, highly conserved noncoding RNAs that are targeted to and...

humans artificially drive evolution of new species

Species across the world are rapidly going extinct due to human activities,but humans are also...

bark to the future: ice age puppies may reveal...

Studies on pair discovered perfectly preserved in the Yakutia region in Russia five years ago may...

fossils discovered in kenya are neither ape nor...

23 March 1962: Anthropologist Dr Louis Leakey unearths 14 million year old remains Dr Louis...

your symptoms? evolutions way of telling you to...

When you maintain a fever,your nose is stuffed and your headache is spreading to your toes, your...

how would cars be different if humans had tails?

Generally,it’s pretty proper to be a member of the great ape family. We’re omnivorous, which...

why species cant interbreed with each other,...

Most people learn that a species is a group of living things that can interbreed. If two organisms...

double your genes: stepping stones for the next...

We might think of living organisms as typically having two sets of chromosomes—-one from mom and...

how early mammals evolved night vision to avoid...

Early mammals evolved in a burst during the Jurassic period,adapting a nocturnal lifestyle when...

nature vs. nurture? both are important,...

Evolutionary science stresses the contributions biology makes to our behavior. Some anthropologists...

scientist explores the likelihood of complex life...

whether the origin of life is common on other worlds,the universe should be a cosmic zoo full of...

study of ancient japanese hunter gatherers...

(Phys.org)A team of Japanese researchers (and one from the U.K.) has found evidence in the remains...

how round round get around made us human

For the Wall Street Journal,I reviewed Restless Creatures: The Story of Life in Ten Movements by...

monkey skull study suggests brain evolved in...

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers from Brazil and Argentina has found via cranium analysis...

single no more: first females of a madagascan...

The first females of a scarcely known chameleon species from Northeast Madagascar fill been...

genomic study of indian populations finds five...

(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the National Institute of BioMedical Genomics,in India has...

shedding our penis spines helped us become human,...

Genetic comparison with chimps suggests that losing chunks of DNA – including one associated with...

researchers prove fast microbial evolutionary...

There are more than a dozen species of finch that evolved on the Galapagos Islands,each identified...

sick animals limit disease transmission by...

Sick wild house mice spend time absent from their social groups, main to a decrease in their...

sex with the lights on: sexual selection increases...

When you're a firefly,finding "the one" can change the world. Literally. A new study by UCSB...

deepness of male voice in primates found to be...

(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that deep voices in primates,including...

alabama refuses to remove textbook disclaimer...

Image: Amazon For the past decade,every student in Alabama has been greeted by the same...

behold timurlengia—the elusive missing link in...

Say hello to Timurlengia euotica,a horse-sized dinosaur that lived roughly 90 million years ago....

why spiderman cant exist: geckos are size limit...

Latest research reveals why geckos are the largest animals able to scale smooth vertical walls -...

specific changes to non coding rna may be part of...

Human-specific variants of four microRNAs may have altered expression levels and gene targets...

this new hadrosaur species is a classic missing...

A new dinosaur species sheds some light on how duck-billed dinosaurs got their crests....

evolution in action detected in darwins finches

The most characteristic feature of Darwin's finches is the diversification of beak morphology...

science watch: our man in space

Animal legs! Weather extremes! Planet surfaces! Astronaut man! dusky things! Bee teams! Bio touch!...

feeling that old mammalian thing

I was just reading a scene in one of the Patrick Melrose novels where a young child is watching his...

a mad science experiment proves a simple...

You may consider your eyes a priceless commodity,but for Mexican cavefish, they were a burdensome...

economist suggests humans are still evolving

(Phys.org)—Harvard economist Jonathan Beauchamp has conducted a study of lifetime reproductive...

gene copies were crucial to evolution of our...

A modern study published in BMC Evolutionary Biology sheds light on the evolutionary origin of...

mountain passes are higher in the...

In tropical climes,animals and plants aren't adapted to surviving freezing temperatures - and...

unique breathing cycles may be an important...

Insects exhibit breathing patterns called discontinuous gas-exchange cycles that include periods of...

why do men find blonde women so very attractive? |...

Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on everyday life. This week: The...

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