Sss-eeing in Color: The Remarkable Vision Evolution of Sea Snakes
Scientists have discovered that sea snakes have enhanced their color vision due to living in vibrant marine environments. An international team of scientists examining the…
Scientists have discovered that sea snakes have enhanced their color vision due to living in vibrant marine environments. An international team of scientists examining the…
Scientists discovered that a synthetic cell with a reduced genome could evolve as quickly as a normal cell. Despite losing 45% of its original genes,…
The evolutionary process behind the remarkable size of super-giant Sauropods. Sauropods, which encompass renowned dinosaurs with elongated necks such as Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus, were the…
New discovery reveals that vertebrates gained a unique protein from bacteria over half a billion years ago. Humans and other backbone-bearing organisms possess a marvel…
Scientists have discovered that the flexible arch of the human foot may have played a crucial role in our ability to run and walk upright….
A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs, and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing…
While it’s well-established that environmental factors shape the evolution of species, a recent study illustrates a reciprocal relationship where the evolutionary adaptations of species, in…
Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment examine human-raven relationships. Long before the establishment of the first…
A team of scientists has created a new manual researchers can use to learn more about the origins of human diseases with high genetic risk….
New research findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions. If we could rewind the tape of species evolution around the world and play…
Cut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans were made by stone tools and could be evidence of cannibalism….
Analyses of 50 primate genomes through comparative genomics unveil essential genetic processes involved in primate speciation, adaptive phenotypic changes, and the evolution of social systems….
Researchers have discovered 1.6 billion-year-old eukaryotic organisms, the Protosterol Biota, believed to be Earth’s first predators. These ancient creatures, found through fossil fat molecules in…
A recent research study may have discovered a missing link that helps explain Earth’s uniquely oxygen-saturated atmosphere and the corresponding evolution of animal life on…
Certain individuals have genetically lost the ability to detect coronavirus infections via the recently discovered CARD8 sensor. Inflammasomes constitute a complex network of molecular alarms…
According to a comprehensive analysis by scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Uppsala, extinct kangaroos didn’t hop like their modern counterparts…
The complexity of evolutionary processes affecting an inversion in stick insects provides resilience against loss of genetic variation, and may foster long-term survival. Genetic variation…
Until now, certain biomarkers, the “protosteroids,” have been overlooked as fossil witnesses to primordial life. Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of…