Gene Regulation Sets Humans Apart

Gene Regulation Sets Humans Apart

Humans and chimpanzees share 99 percent of their genetic makeup but how those genes are used is the key difference, say Duke researchers. In two major traits that set humans apart from chimps and…
Evolution Is Driven By Gene Regulation

Evolution Is Driven By Gene Regulation

It is not just what’s in your genes, it’s how you turn them on that accounts for the difference between species — at least in yeast — according to a report by Yale researchers in this week’s issue of…
How to Be a Grown-up About Evolution

How to Be a Grown-up About Evolution

Spy magazine had a wonderful column by Ellis Weiner called “How to Be a Grown-up”. (In one column, Weiner pointed out that homeless, applied to beggars, should be houseless.) Gordy Slack, a Bay Area…
Latent Memory Means Genetic Learning

Latent Memory Means Genetic Learning

Learning to fly is easy, if you are a bird. But why is it that birds learn so easily how to fly? It is well known that birds learn through practice, and that they gradually refine their innate…
Molecular Arms Race Shows Darwinism In Action

Molecular Arms Race Shows Darwinism In Action

A research team has found experimental evidence that supports a controversial theory of genetic conflict in the reproduction of those animals that support their developing offspring through a…
Pre-Dinosaur Fossils Reveal Early Evolution

Pre-Dinosaur Fossils Reveal Early Evolution

The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth…
Did Man Learn To Walk Upright To Save Energy?

Did Man Learn To Walk Upright To Save Energy?

Early man was on a constant quest for food. The demands of nourishment and conserving as much energy as possible may even have changed the course of evolution. While no one has an authoritative…