News tagged with common origin

Despite their diversity, pygmies of Western Central Africa share recent common ancestors

Despite the great cultural, physical, and genetic diversity found amongst the numerous West Central African human populations that are collectively designated as "Pygmies," a report published online on February 5th in Current Bi ...

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Worm That Turned Evolutionary Key

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Keelworm, widespread in the seas and tide-pools around Scotland and the rest of the UK, is unwittingly helping scientists at the University of St Andrews to understand the evolution of modern animals.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0