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Mysterious Snippets Of DNA Withstand Eons Of Evolution
Small stretches of seemingly
useless DNA harbor a big
secret, say researchers at
the Stanford University
School of Medicine. There's
one problem: We don't know
... > full story
Gene Expression In Alligators Suggests Birds Have 'Thumbs'
The latest breakthrough in a
120 year-old debate on the
evolution of the bird wing
was just published. Bird
wings only have three
fingers, having evolved from
... > full story
Short RNAs Show A Long History: MicroRNAs Found In Animals That Appeared A Billion Years Ago
MicroRNAs, the tiny
molecules that fine-tune
gene expression, were first
discovered in 1993. But it
turns out they've been
... > full story
Meat-eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-like Breathing System
The remains of a
30-foot-long predatory
dinosaur discovered along
the banks of Argentina's Rio
Colorado is helping to
... > full story
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DNA Could Reveal Your Surname
October 7, 2008 — Researchers have shown that men with the same British surname are highly likely to be genetically linked. The results of the research have implications in the fields of forensics, genealogy, ... > full story -
Egalitarian Revolution In The Pleistocene?
October 6, 2008 — Although anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are still debating this question, a new study supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared tens of thousands of years ... > full story -
New Life Found In Ancient Tombs
October 1, 2008 — Life has been discovered in the barren depths of Rome's ancient tombs, proving catacombs are not just a resting place for the dead. The two new species of bacteria found growing on the walls of the ... > full story -
Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers
September 23, 2008 — Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments ... > full story -
'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found
September 23, 2008 — Researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to new ... > full story -
Nematode Genome Provides Insight Into Evolution Of Parasitism
September 22, 2008 — Molecular biologists have decoded the genome of the Pristionchus pacificus nematode, thereby gaining insight into the evolution of parasitism. They have shown that the genome of the nematode consists ... > full story -
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests
September 20, 2008 — Researchers have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in prehistory took much longer than originally ... > full story -
New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants
September 16, 2008 — A new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest is likely a descendant of the very first ants to ... > full story -
Computational Biochemist Uncovers A Molecular Clue To Evolution
September 13, 2008 — A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists a better understanding of how evolution occurs at ... > full story -
My, What Big Teeth You Had! Extinct Species Had Huge Teeth On Roof Of Mouth
September 12, 2008 — Paleontologists have found a previously unknown amphibious predator that probably made the Antarctica of 240 million years ago something less than a hospitable ... > full story
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