Evolution

Science 2.0 Approach Finds Gephyrin Gene Underwent Rapid Evolution After Splitting In Opposite Directions

"For example, you could build a Facebook network using all of your Facebook friends," Climer says. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 10:30am

On Progress

time scales, and on metrics related to the access to innovations by all, as Ford once noted. So it is ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 12 2025 - 12:03am

Is Evolutionary History Repeatable?

paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted that of 25 initial body plans exhibited by the fossils, all but four were ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2014 - 7:30pm

Which Came First, The Chicken Genome Or The Egg Genome?

duplications. These cores are focal points of human gene/transcript innovations. “We found that not all of the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2007 - 5:50pm

The Evolutionary Bursts That Made Us Big

"We were surprised to observe that nearly all of the increase in size occurred in two distinct ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2008 - 8:01pm

The Game Of Life In An Organic Universe

How could this possibly happen? After all, a living cell is incredibly complex. I think the answer ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Apr 16 2009 - 12:33am

Fossilized Collagen Protein Links Hadrosaur To Tyrannosaurus Rex- And Birds To Dinosaurs

conclusion." At the heart of the controversy is the idea that ancient protein can exist at all. When an animal ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2009 - 5:55pm

Darwin's Finches Take On Alien Parasites

decrease survival," Koop says. There are 15 species of finches in the Galapagos. All evolved from ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:00pm

Hi-resolution Evolution: A Repeat Performance

the traits in the offspring. Let's say that all of the fattest piglets, in our hypothetical ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 31 2010 - 12:23am

The Peacock Problem

end, we are left with a "classic example" which turns out to not be classic at all.  In fact, ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - May 24 2011 - 8:08pm