Tag: Evolution

The evolution of the temporomandibular joint and premolar teeth enabled adaptation to bamboo dietCredit: Pekka Vallittu Although the giant panda ...

Molecular evolution of enzyme beyond recruit hypothesisCredit: Seiya Watanabe, Ehime University The aconitase superfamily currently contains four functional enzymes including ...

Credit: Philip Kiberd Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by ...

Credit: Manuel Will The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly ...

Professor Beverly Saylor leads interdisciplinary global group applying state-of-the art technology to answer ancient questionsCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND, ...

Credit: Matthew Jones LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, ...

A genetic approach offers new clues to the regulation of Wolbachia proliferation and the effect of over-proliferation on the insect ...

Is talent in a given field a uniquely human phenomenon?Credit: Photo by Cooper Photo Some exceptionally gifted people have marked ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the ...

Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country describe two palaeotheriidae mammals that lived in the subtropical landscape of AlavaCredit: ...

Max Planck researchers decipher the chemical language underlying mating in 99 species of the genus DrosophilaCredit: Anna Schroll By analyzing ...

Paleontologists from Univeristy of Liège (Belgium) redefine the geological boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A Walloon site could ...

Credit: Zhixin Han/ https://www.artstation.com/xinyanjun Dinosaurs were generally huge, but a new study of the unusual alvarezsaurs show that they reduced ...

Credit: Jolyon Troscianko Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex ...