Human impact on the activities and social behaviour of urban capuchin monkeys
Credit: Janaína P. Back To better understand how primates modify their behaviour to adapt to the increasing presence of humans, ...
Tag: Evolution
Pathogens may have facilitated the evolution of warm-blooded animals
Fever may be less effective at repelling infections in cold-blooded creaturesCredit: Michael Logan Six hundred million years ago, fever appeared ...
Snout dated: Slow-evolving elephant shark offers new insights into human physiology
Using different steroid hormones to activate a hormone receptor in a cartilaginous fish provides insights into origins and later evolution ...
Ant reactions to habitat disruptions inform a result of evolution, according to Conco
Jean-Philippe Lessard calls for a common framework for analyzing the traits of 12,000+ species identified worldwide A Concordia biology professor ...
Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician
Credit: Julien Kimmig / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that ...
Salmon get a major athletic boost via a single enzyme
The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, help explain how the fish undertake arduous upstream migrations, ...
What’s your attitude about body hair removal?
New study lays bare cultural reasons around the globe for bikini waxing and man-scaping As beachgoers scramble to trim their ...
Gene mutation evolved to cope with modern high-sugar diets
The gene variant became more common in humans after cooking and farming became widespread, and might now help people avoid ...
Researchers discover cells that change their identity during normal development
Credit: UVA A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and other institutions has discovered a type of ...
Plant lineage points to different evolutionary playbook for temperate species
Credit: Rebecca Stubbs/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An ancient, cosmopolitan lineage of plants is shaking up scientists' understanding of how ...
Study: Underrepresented faculty play an uneven role in advancing diversity and inclusion
Increasing the diversity of scientists is a priority for many universities and professional societies. Diverse teams are more productive and ...
Feathers came first, then birds
Credit: Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang. New research, led by the University of Bristol, suggests that feathers arose 100 million years ...
New mineral classification system captures Earth’s complex past
Could a new classification system that accounts for minerals' distinct journeys help us better understand mineralogy as a process of ...
Fathers aid development of larger brains
Credit: Judith Burkart The bigger the brain in relation to body size, the more intelligent a living organism is. This ...
In hot pursuit of dinosaurs: Tracking extinct species on ancient Earth via biogeography
Credit: Caitlin Devor, The University of Tokyo, CC-BY One researcher at the University of Tokyo is in hot pursuit of ...
Wild boars, hunting dogs and hunters carry tick-borne bacteria
Credit: Andrea Pires dos Santos (CC BY 4.0) Rickettsia bacteria cause a number of human and animal infections, including Rocky ...
Freshwater find: Genetic advantage allows some marine fish to colonize freshwater habitats
Credit: Yasuyuki Hata How did some marine fish manage to make their way from the salty sea to the newly ...
Bacteria’s protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of life
Soon after cells invented protein assembly, they faced another task crucial to survivalCredit: Helge Paternoga, Joazeiro laboratory. JUPITER, Fla.--May 30--Our ...
Chimpanzees catch and eat crabs
Credit: Kathelijne Koops Chimpanzees have a mainly vegetarian diet, but do occasionally eat meat. Researchers at the University of Zurich ...
Research reveals the link between primate knuckles and hand use
Research carried out by the University of Kent has found differences between the knuckle joints of primates that will enable ...
