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Faithful females who choose good providers key to evolutionary shift to modern family, study finds

In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Genetic discovery unlocks biosynthesis of medicinal compound in poppy

Scientists at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia have discovered a complex gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the medicinal compound noscapine.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast