News tagged with evolutionary trend

Morality research sheds light on the origins of religion

The details surrounding the emergence and evolution of religion have not been clearly established and remain a source of much debate among scholars. Now, an article published by Cell Press in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sc ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (33) | comments 199 | with audio podcast

Culture skews human evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- The rise of agriculture 10,000 years ago meant the end of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle for which human beings had been optimized by millions of years of evolution and the beginning of an ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 7




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Poorly armed, but successful: The rise of the tyrants of the South

The stubby arms of Tyrannosaurus rex obviously weren't designed for hand-to-hand combat. However, the abelisaurids of the Southern hemisphere were even less well equipped in that department–and upper limb reduction began ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hacking code of leaf vein architecture solves mysteries, allows predictions of past climate

(Phys.org) -- UCLA life scientists have discovered new laws that determine the construction of leaf vein systems as leaves grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can now be used to better ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Does polyploidy play a role in the onset of the Italian endemic flora?

Besides the obvious differences between plants and animals, subtle ones lie concealed within the cell, even within the nucleus. In both plant and animal cells, the nucleus contains DNA, which condenses into ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Living longer -- variability in infection-fighting genes can be a boon for male survival

Females of mammals (including humans) tend to outlive males, a circumstance that is usually attributed to males´ more aggressive and hence energy-depleting behaviour, especially when they compete for females. This might ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New 'Map of Life' project aims to show distribution of all animals, plants on planet

A research team involving Yale University and the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a first public demonstration version of its "Map of Life," an ambitious Web-based endeavor designed to show the distribution of ...

Biology / Ecology

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Different recipes for success in the world of plants

Halle/Saale. In order to prevail against native plants, non-native plant species develop special strategies. These differ in part considerably from the propagation strategies of endemic plant species. Dr. ...

Biology / Ecology

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Three-toed horses reveal the secret of the Tibetan Plateau uplift

The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

First fruitful, then futile: Ammonites or the boon and bane of many offspring

Ammonites changed their reproductive strategy from initially few and large offspring to numerous and small hatchlings. Thanks to their many offspring, they survived three mass extinctions, a research team ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The psychology of the left-turn lane: How human behavior influences traffic patterns

University of Arizona traffic engineer Yi-Chang Chiu has embarked on a three-year traffic modeling research project to replace the 1950s model still used to forecast current transportation needs.

Technology / Other

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Escalating arms race: Predatory sea urchins drive evolution

(Phys.org) -- Nature teems with examples of evolutionary arms races between predators and prey, with the predator species gradually evolving a new mode of attack for each defensive adaptation that arises in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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