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Evolutionary Biology News
June 27, 2023

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猩猩可以使两个声音同时,Similar to Human Beatboxing, Study Finds

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a new ...

Humans' Ancestors Survived the Asteroid Impact That Killed the Dinosaurs

A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went ...

50-Million-Year-Old Katydid Fossil Reveals Muscles, Digestive Tract, Glands and a Testicle

50 million years ago in what is now northwestern Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the bottom of a lake and was quickly buried in fine sediments, where it remained until its compressed fossil was recovered in recent years. When researchers examined ...

How Coral Reefs Can Survive Climate Change

类似于一百年的探险or two hundred years ago, the Tara Pacific expedition lasted over two years. The goal: to research the conditions for life and survival of corals. The ship crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, assembling the largest genetic inventory conducted in any marine ...
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Which Came First: The Reptile or the Egg?

The earliest reptiles, birds and mammals may have borne live young, researchers have ...

Study Finds Socially Tolerant Monkeys Have Better Impulse Control

Socially tolerant species are better at controlling their emotions and behaviors, according to a new study of one of humanity's closest ...

Remains of an Extinct World of Organisms Discovered

Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of previously unknown organisms that dominated complex life on Earth about a billion years ago. They differed from complex eukaryotic life ...

Older Trees Accumulate More Mutations Than Their Younger Counterparts

增长的老鼠之间的关系的研究e of tropical trees and the frequency of genetic mutations they accumulate suggests that older, long-lived trees play a greater role in generating ...

The Other Side of the Story: How Evolution Impacts the Environment

Researchers show that an evolutionary change in the length of lizards' legs can have a significant impact on vegetation growth and spider populations on small islands in the Bahamas. This is one ...

Genomes of 233 Primate Species Sequenced

Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date. ...

New Study Shows How Adaptations to Living in a Cold Climate Promoted Social Evolution

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered evidence that a species' long-term adaptation to living in an extremely cold climate has led to the evolution of social behaviours including ...

Researchers Show Mobile Elements Monkeying Around the Genome

Whole-genomic sequencing has revolutionized the amount and detail of genetic diversity now available to researchers to study. While the researchers previously had looked at a few hundred mobile ...

Overfishing Linked to Rapid Evolution of Codfish

The overfishing of codfish spanning the second half of the 20th century indicates that human action can force evolutionary changes more quickly than widely believed, according to a new ...

Geneticists Discover Hidden 'Whole Genome Duplication' That May Explain Why Some Species Survived Mass Extinctions

Geneticists have unearthed a major event in the ancient history of sturgeons and paddlefish that has significant implications for the way we understand evolution. They have pinpointed a previously ...

The Clams That Fell Behind, and What They Can Tell Us About Evolution and Extinction

A new study examined how bivalves -- the group that includes clams, mussels, scallops, and oysters -- evolved among many others in the period of rapid evolution known as the Cambrian Explosion. The ...

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Evolution Driving Improvements in Racehorse Speed

A new study has found that genetic improvement is underlying the increasing speed of Britain's thoroughbreds. This contrasts with earlier studies that suggested racehorses were showing no ...

4,000-Year-Old Plague DNA Found -- The Oldest Cases to Date in Britain

Researchers have identified three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague -- the oldest evidence of the plague in Britain to ...

River Erosion Can Shape Fish Evolution

A new study of the freshwater greenfin darter fish suggests river erosion can be a driver of biodiversity in tectonically inactive ...

Global Macrogenetic Map of Marine Habitat-Forming Species

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are ...

Where Do Our Limbs Come From?

Scientists have uncovered new clues about the origin of paired appendages -- a major evolutionary step that remains unresolved and highly ...

What Marsupials Can Teach Us About Brain Development

Research has revealed features of early human brain development are mimicked in the brains of ...

Dinosaurs Were the First to Take the Perspectives of Others

Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of ...

A Guide Through the Genome

Plants show enormous variety in traits relevant to breeding, such as plant height, yield and resistance to pests. One of the greatest challenges in modern plant research is to identify the ...

Fossil of Mosasaur With Bizarre 'Screwdriver Teeth' Found in Morocco

Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged teeth unlike those of any known reptile. Along with other recent finds ...

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