Evolution

First Genetic Evidence Of Long-lived African Presence Within Britain

New research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived amongst "indigenous" British people for centuries. Their descendants, living across the UK today, were unaware of their black ancestry. The University of Leicester s ...

Article - Matt MacManes - Jan 30 2007 - 1:26am

How Did Our Ancestors' Minds Really Work?

How did our evolutionary ancestors make sense of their world? What strategies did they use, for example, to find food? Fossils do not preserve thoughts, so we have so far been unable to glean any insights into the cognitive structure of our ancestors. Pad ...

Article - Administrator - Jan 30 2007 - 12:41pm

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Article - Matt MacManes - Jul 25 2007 - 10:11am

Human Brain Evolution Slows To A Crawl

The human brain underwent explosive growth after we split from our chimp cousins, but the pace of evolutionary change among the thousands of genes expressed in brain tissue has since slowed, says a new study in PLOS Biology. ...

Article - Administrator - Jan 31 2007 - 7:59pm

Human Brain Evolution Slows To A Crawl

The human brain underwent explosive growth after we split from our chimp cousins, but the pace of evolutionary change among the thousands of genes expressed in brain tissue has since slowed, says a new study in PLOS Biology. ...

Article - Ana Ruiz - Feb 11 2007 - 2:15pm

First Genetic Evidence Of Long-lived African Presence Within Britain

New research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived amongst "indigenous" British people for centuries. Their descendants, living across the UK today, were unaware of their black ancestry. The University of Leicester s ...

Article - Administrator - Feb 1 2007 - 6:27pm

Physicist Defends Evolution And God

A Michigan scientist who was put on academic trial for teaching evolution at Calvin College in the 1980s is emerging as a national figure in the cultural war over faith and science. On Wednesday, Dr. Howard Van Till was one of four scholars from across th ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2007 - 5:54pm

Romance, Schmomance-- Natural Selection Continues Even After Sex

Some breaking news, just in time for Valentine's Day: Researchers have identified something called "sperm competition" that they think has evolved to ensure a genetic future. In sexual reproduction, natural selection is generally thought of ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2007 - 6:45pm

Out Of Africa-- Bacteria, As Well: Homo Sapiens And H. Pylori Jointly Spread Across The Globe

When man made his way out of Africa some 60,000 years ago to populate the world, he was not alone: He was accompanied by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastritis in many people today. Together, man and the bacterium spread throughout the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2007 - 1:32am

Researchers Untangle Nature Of "Regressive Evolution" In Cavefish

“Regressive evolution,” or the reduction of traits over time, is the result of either natural selection or genetic drift, according to a study on cavefish by researchers at New York University’s Department of Biology, the University of California at Berke ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2007 - 2:18am