News tagged with evolution of life
Honoring the fundamental role of microbes in the natural history of our planet
Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication ...
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Oldest organism with skeleton discovered in Australia
A team of paleontologists has discovered the oldest animal with a skeleton. Called Coronacollina acula, the organism is between 560 million and 550 million years old, which places it in the Ediacaran period ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Why birds of a feather lek together
Certain kinds of male birds gather into small clusters of land called leks to perform their courtship dances, and according to science, who they choose to associate with matters. A new study by University ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Studying the evolution of life's building blocks
Studying the origin of life at its building blocks offers a unique perspective on evolution, says a researcher at Michigan State University.
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions, says study of ancient zooplankton
Following one of Earth's five greatest mass extinctions, tiny marine organisms called graptoloids did not begin to rapidly develop new physical traits until about 2 million years after competing species became ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Writing a new code for life?
On "Star Trek, the aliens often look so human that crew members fall in love with them. But in real life, scientists in the field known as astrobiology can't be sure alien life would even be carbon-based like us, or use DNA ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Avalanche of reactions at the origin of life
The origin of life is seen as the formation of the first biomolecules which may be subject to multiplication and further development. Hitherto it was unclear, which reactions could have triggered the evolution of this ur-metabolism. ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Tidal locking could render habitable planets inhospitable
Tidally-locked planets - planets with one side perpetually facing their star while the other remains shrouded in darkness - tend to be warmer on one side than the other. The presence of an atmosphere can help ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 09, 2011 |
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First observation of metamorphosis of an enzyme that catalyzes two chemical reactions
Professor Takayoshi Wakagi and Associate Professor Shinya Fushinobu of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo and colleagues were the first to clarify how an enzyme ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake
Next week a British engineering team heads off to Antarctica for the first stage of an ambitious scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from a lake buried beneath three kilometres of solid ice. This extraordinary ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Team makes discoveries about major event in history of complex life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists led by Montana State University has discovered the "when" of a major event that led to the evolution of complex life on Earth.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2011 |
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More possible branches to the domain of life
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the current domain of life, we are familiar with the three branches: bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. However, Jonathan Eisen of UC Davis and his team have published possible ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Dying young did not cause Neanderthals' demise
Dying young was not likely the reason Neanderthals went extinct, said a study out Monday that suggests early modern humans had about the same life expectancy as their hairier, ancient cousins.
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Jan 10, 2011 |
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Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life.
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution, says study
High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of Minnesota study published in ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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