Tag: Evolution
Ancient dog breed DNA helps unravel clues about evolution of man’s...
A study maps out the genome sequence of the Basenji dog which could impact understanding of dog evolution and dog breeds. It may also...
Chimpanzee ‘super strength’ and what it might mean in human muscle...
Chimpanzee muscle makes those creatures super strength. But what it might mean to the evolution of the human's muscle? Is there any visible bond...
Before animals, evolution waited eons to inhale
Reinhard used computational modeling to track oceanic dissolved oxygen concentrations globally.Credit: Chris Reinhard / Georgia Tech
A couple of times in four billion years, evolution...
Some bacteria have lived in the human gut since before we...
An artist's rendition of bacteria that live in the gut of people and their closest relatives. A new study finds that these microbes have...
Evolutionary biologists show that sexual selection increases the number of species...
An ostracod displaying bioluminescent courtship.Credit: Image created in Photoshop by Todd Oakley
When you're a firefly, finding "the one" can change the world. Literally.
A new...
Lucy had neighbors: A review of African fossils
The left half of the lower jaw of Australopithecus deyiremeda (BRT-VP-3/14), a 3.5 to 3.3 million-year-old human ancestor species discovered by the Woranso-Mille project.Credit:...
Inbred Neanderthals left humans a genetic burden
A Neanderthal skeleton, left, compared with a modern human skeleton. Credit: American Museum of Natural History
The Neanderthal genome included harmful mutations that made the...
Migration back to Africa took place during the Palaeolithic
The complete mitogenome of Pestera Muierii woman has been retrieved.Credit: E. Trinkaus and A. Soficaru
A research group has managed to retrieve the mitochondrial genome...
How did birds get their wings? Bacteria may provide a clue,...
How did birds get their wings? Bacteria may provide a clue, say scientists.
The evolution of major novel traits -- characteristics such as wings, flowers,...
The contented shall inherit the Earth: The glum? Not so much
New findings offer scientific support to the ancient philosophical insights from China, Greece and India, which encourage cultivating long-term contentment or life satisfaction rather...
