MIT Study Suggests Complex Life on Earth Began 2.33 Billion Years Ago
In a newly published study scientists from MIT reveal evidence that eukaryotes — the domain of life comprising animals, plants, and protists — were present…
In a newly published study scientists from MIT reveal evidence that eukaryotes — the domain of life comprising animals, plants, and protists — were present…
Newly published research details the effects of human genetic variation, finding that each person possesses on average about 150 variants capable of disabling genes. A…
An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of hominin in South Africa that may have existed alongside modern humans. This small creature…
A new study from Brown University shows how dogs evolved in response to changes in climate over the last 40 million years, demonstrating that predators…
In a new study evolutionary biologists reveal that bird beaks are the result of skeletal changes controlled by two genetic pathways, shedding light on the…
A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals that the early loss of radioactive heat-producing elements such as uranium and potassium helped put…
By applying the latest tools of genome sequencing and analysis to preserved evidence from experiments carried out at Notre Dame in the 1990s, a new…
New data show that the first single-celled organisms with a nucleus originated more than a billion years later than biogeochemical evidence had previously indicated. Contaminated…
Two newly published studies reveal evidence for how the genetic code developed in two distinct stages to help primordial chemicals evolve into cells. Chapel Hill,…
Using sophisticated modeling of genomic data from diverse species, scientists from Yale University have answered a longstanding question about which competing model of evolution works…
Researchers have conducted the first successful reversion of a bird’s skull features, replicating ancestral molecular development to transform chicken embryos in a laboratory into specimens…
A new study from Brown University examines a specialized pollination mechanism in conifers whose traits are linked through function but not development, exploring how integration…
New research from the University of Washington found evidence that life was pulling nitrogen out of the air and converting it into a form that…
By taking a closer look at feathers representing the evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to modern birds, Yale researchers demonstrate a better understanding of how feathers…
Scientists from UCLA have discovered an organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years. An international team of scientists has discovered the greatest…
A new study reveals that oxygen levels during the “boring billion” period were only 0.1% of what they are today, providing the first evidence that…
Several newly published studies reveal that flies, worms, and humans share ancient patterns of gene expression. Although separated by hundreds of millions of years of…
A team of biophysicists at Rice University used computer models to show that the energy landscape involved in the long-term evolution of proteins is essentially…