Each Mediterranean island has its own genetic pattern
Researchers reconstruct migration movements through ancient DNACredit: © David Caramelli The Mediterranean Sea has been a major route for maritime ...
Tag: Evolution
Deaf moths evolved noise-cancelling scales to evade prey
Scales shown to be more efficient than today's sound engineering technologyCredit: Thomas R. Neil Some species of deaf moths can ...
Scientists develop algorithm for researching evolution of species with WGD
Scientists created an algorithm for studying the evolutionary history of species with whole-genome duplications, chiefly yeast and plantsCredit: Dmitry Lisovskiy, ...
Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought
Study of local adaptation provides important insights into evolutionary forcesCredit: Photo credit: Anna Hargreaves Species adapt to their local climates, ...
Discovery of bacterial ancestor yields new insight on calcium channels
A new ion channel identified in bacteria fills a missing link in the evolutionary history of ion channels in mammalsCredit: ...
By gum! Scientists find new 110-million-year-old treasure
Credit: University of Portsmouth A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth - the ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
Fossils help identify a lone ‘bright spot’ in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact
Credit: Aaron O'Dea Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered a massive, 7,000-year-old fossilized coral reef near the ...
Frozen bird turns out to be 46,000-year-old horned lark
Credit: Love Dalén Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute ...
Veggie-loving fish could be the new white meat
UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface pricklebackCredit: NOAA/MBARI / Public domain Irvine, Calif., Feb. 19, 2020 -- ...
New study results consistent with dog domestication during ice age
A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech RepublicCredit: Peter Ungar ...
Sweet beaks: What Galapagos finches and marine bacteria have in common
Closely related, abundant clades of marine Polaribacter avoid competition during spring algae blooms via distinct sugar dietsCredit: Max Planck Institute ...
How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
Credit: Terry Ord A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations - adaptations that bring new ...
USask study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids
Credit: Jose Andres The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs--highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in ...
The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after ...
The functional diversity in a noxious heat and chemical sensor among mosquito species
Researchers in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan discovered functional differences in TRPA1 which serves as a receptor ...
Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites
Credit: Graeme Barker The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 ...
Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates
The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas ...
The paradox of dormancy: Why sleep when you can eat?
Credit: Image by Dieter Ebert, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Why do predators ...
For evolutionary study finds rare bats in decline, CCNY research
Credit: Photo credit: Skanda de Saram. A study led by Susan Tsang, a former Fulbright Research Fellow from The City ...
