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December 8, 2019
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Humans Co-Evolved With Immune-Related Diseases -- And It's Still Happening

Nov. 27, 2019 — Some of the same mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more prone to certain inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn's disease. ... read more
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Extinct Giant Ape Directly Linked to the Living Orangutan

Nov. 13, 2019 — Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary relationship between a two million year old giant primate and the living orangutan. It is the first time genetic ... read more
The history and evolution of plants can be traced back by about one billion years. | Credit: Copyright Michele Hogan

New Data on the Evolution of Plants and Origin of Species

Oct. 23, 2019 — There are over 500,000 plant species in the world today. They all evolved from a common ancestor. How this leap in biodiversity happened is still unclear. Researchers now ... read more
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Lifestyle Is a Threat to Gut Bacteria: Ötzi Proves It, Study Shows

Oct. 18, 2019 — The evolution of dietary and hygienic habits in Western countries is associated with a decrease in the bacteria that help in digestion. These very bacteria were also found in ... read more
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Aquatic Microorganisms Offer Important Window on the History of Life

Nov. 25, 2019 — Researchers describe a new method for investigating the genomes of eukaryotic flagellate organisms. These elusive aquatic creatures may offer clues about LECA -- the progenitor of all complex life on ... read more

Lifelike Chemistry Created in Lab Search for Ways to Study Origin of Life

Nov. 14, 2019 — Researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of ... read more

Butterflies Take Different Paths to Arrive at Same Color Pattern

Nov. 14, 2019 — An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same ... read more

DNA Is Only One Among Millions of Possible Genetic Molecules

Nov. 11, 2019 — Biology encodes information in DNA and RNA, complex molecules finely tuned to their functions. Although, other nucleic acid-like polymers are known, yet much remains unknown regarding possible ... read more

Fossil Suggests Apes, Old World Monkeys Moved in Opposite Directions from Shared Ancestor

Nov. 8, 2019 — In terms of their body plan, Old World monkeys -- a group that includes primates like baboons and macaques -- are generally considered more similar to ancestral species than apes are. But a new study ... read more

Early Dispersal for Quadrupedal Cetaceans: Amphibious Whale from Middle Eocene

Nov. 8, 2019 — Scientists have a relatively precise idea about where whales and their closest terrestrial relatives evolved more than 50 million years ago (early Eocene), thanks to the discovery of ancient cetacean ... read more

Researchers Lay out First Genetic History of Rome

Nov. 7, 2019 — Despite extensive records of the history of Rome, little is known about the city's population over time. A new genetic history of the Eternal City reveals a dynamic population shaped in part by ... read more

Mammals' Complex Spines Are Linked to High Metabolisms; We're Learning How They Evolved

Nov. 7, 2019 — Mammals' backbones are weird. They're much more complex than the spines of other land animals like reptiles. Scientists wanted to find out how these complex backbones evolved in the first ... read more

Humans Migrated from Europe to the Levant 40,000 Years Ago

Nov. 5, 2019 — Researchers now report that Aurignacians, culturally sophisticated yet mysterious early humans, migrated from Europe to the Levant some 40,000 years ago, shedding light on a significant era in the ... read more

Deep Sea Vents Had Ideal Conditions for Origin of Life

Nov. 4, 2019 — By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow ... read more

Disease-Causing Protein in Cystic Fibrosis Has Ancient Roots in Sea Lamprey

Oct. 31, 2019 — The oldest known ortholog of the ion channel that is defective in patients with cystic fibrosis arose approximately 450 million years ago in the sea lamprey, researchers report. Many differences ... read more

Following in Darwin's Footsteps: Understanding the Plant Evolution of Florist's Gloxinia

Oct. 29, 2019 — Researchers discovered that in its 200 years of being cultivated and domesticated, florist's gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa, has reached tremendous levels of phenotypic, or physical, variation and ... read more

Why Are Bald Eagles Such Great Gliders? It's All in the Wrist

Oct. 24, 2019 — Birds come in an astounding array of shapes and colors. New research helps explain why bird species with similar flight styles or body sizes don't have consistent wing shapes. Bird species tend ... read more

Butterflies and Plants Evolved in Sync, but Moth 'Ears' Predated Bats

Oct. 21, 2019 — A new study cross-examines classic hypotheses about the coevolution of butterflies with flowering plants and moths with bats, their key predators. The findings show flowering plants did drive much of ... read more

Phylogenetic Analysis Forces Rethink of Termite Evolution

Oct. 17, 2019 — Despite their important ecological role as decomposers, termites are often overlooked in research. Evolutionary biologists have constructed a new family tree for this unassuming insect brood, ... read more

Newly Discovered Microbes Band Together, 'Flip Out'

Oct. 17, 2019 — Scientists have found a new species of choanoflagellate. This close relative of animals forms sheets of cells that 'flip' inside-out in response to light, alternating between a cup-shaped ... read more

An Evolution in the Understanding of Evolution

Oct. 17, 2019 — An engineering professor and her former Ph.D. student share a new, more accurate method for modeling evolutionary ... read more

Industrial Melanism Linked to Same Gene in 3 Moth Species

Oct. 17, 2019 — The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known as industrial melanism, was a highly visible response to environmental change. But did ... read more

Paleontologists Discover Complete Saurornitholestes Langstoni Specimen

Oct. 17, 2019 — The discovery of a nearly complete dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen is providing critical information for the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, according to new ... read more

Sexual Selection Alone Could Spark Formation of New Species

Oct. 17, 2019 — Because of imprinted preferences, strawberry poison frog females mate more with similar colored males, and less with differently colored males. Over time, the behavior could lead to two color types ... read more
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