Evolution

The Real Difference Between Cats And Dogs

A Duke University study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficien ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2009 - 3:08pm

All about eye evolution

The most recent issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach is now available free online. This is a special issue devoted to the evolution of eyes. You may recognize some of the names in the table of contents, as several of these authors are also bloggers. ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Jan 31 2009 - 7:55pm

Natural Selection Is Group Selection!

The debate over gene selection versus group or multi-level selection continues unabated in biological circles, and no end appears in sight. Despite a resurgence of interest in group selection, the gene-only theorists refuse to concede an inch of ground, b ...

Blog Post - Steve Davis - Dec 7 2008 - 3:00am

Rodar à Esquerda

(Publicado no jornal O Primeiro de Janeiro a 29/11/2007) ...

Blog Post - Luis Azevedo Rodr... - Dec 7 2008 - 10:12am

Calling fellow bloggers

Calling fellow bio bloggers-- help get the word out for the special issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach all about eye evolution. The content is free to access online and the authors include many of the world's top eye evolution researchers. A h ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Dec 8 2008 - 7:42am

Orangutan Whistles And The Evolution Of Speech

Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the evolution of speech and lea ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2008 - 11:51am

Their Name Was LUCA, Not Adam Or Eve, And They Are The Ancestor Of Life On Earth- Study

An evolutionary geneticist from the Université de Montréal, together with researchers from the French cities of Lyon and Montpellier, say a new study presented in the recent issue of Nature characterizes the common ancestor of all life on earth, and it isn ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2008 - 3:13pm

Natural Fusion Jump Started Evolution

With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology's most complex questions: how ancient organic molecules came together to form the basis of life.  Specifically, this study, appearing online this week ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2008 - 7:28pm

The Evolutionary Bursts That Made Us Big

In 3.5 billion years, life on earth went from single microscopic cells to giant sequoias and blue whales. Scientists have now documented quantitatively that the increase in maximum size of organisms was not gradual, but happened in two distinct bursts &quo ...

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

Special issue of the Lancet

From The Evolution&Medicine Review, a notification about the special issue of the Lancet on evolution. (And don't forget the special issue of E:EO!). ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Dec 23 2008 - 8:22pm