Study Reveals the Answer to the Humble Beginnings of Pterosaurs

Medicine & Technology Dec 28, 2020

Researchers were unable to trace the origins of pterosaurs for 200 years, but a new study sheds light on the mystery of the first-known flying vertebrates.

New Study Examines Effect of Brain Size on Mammal Population Densities

Dec 23, 2020

A new study suggests that mammals with larger brains tend to be less abundant in local populations compared to those with smaller brains.

Study of Flea Genetics Points their Position on Tree of Life and Closest Relatives

Dec 21, 2020

A new study analyzed more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of fleas - addressing some of the persisting questions in insect evolution about the flea.

Scientists Find a Flamboyant, Chicken-Sized Dinosaur

Dec 15, 2020

Scientists have recently discovered a flamboyant, chicken-sized dinosaur that could shed new light on how birds and fowls like peacocks have their practice of "showing off."

Global Warming Now Faster Than Evolution

Dec 15, 2020

Not all organisms could adapt and survive increases in average global temperatures and extreme heatwaves.

9,000-Year History of Corn Unveiled

Dec 15, 2020

New research that unveils details of the 9,000-year history of corn is a leading example of how a basic study on ancient DNA can produce insights into the history of humans.

Human Evolution Evidently Taking Place Among Southeast Asian Free Divers

Dec 14, 2020

Scientists claim that the Bajau people have expanded spleens, which give them the ability to stay longer underwater.

Here’s How Humans Are Still Evolving

Dec 12, 2020

Human evolution is a long process of change by which people, as the Smithsonian Institution explained, "originated from apelike ancestors."

Experts Reveal How Insects Formed Its Wings

Dec 03, 2020

Based on findings, the team confirmed that insect wings "evolved from an outgrowth or 'lobe' on an ancestral crustacean's legs."

Plant Found In China Evolved To Become Less Visible to Humans

Nov 23, 2020

A flowering plant used as traditional Chinese medicine evolved from producing bright green flowers to gray like the rocks to avoid pickers.

Scientists Used Algorithms to Explain the Origins of Life

Nov 09, 2020

Scientists attempt to use algorithms in explaining the origins of life, but have they succeeded, and what other factors were considered?

New Lizard Species Has "Perplexing" Possible Positions in the Evolutionary Tree

Nov 04, 2020

A graduate student browsing the specimen drawers at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History has found a skull of a small lizard - leading to the discovery of a new species.

Best Friends For Ages: Tracking the Partnership of Dogs and Humans

Oct 30, 2020

When dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors.

Drum Experiment Reveals Clues On Cultural Evolution

Oct 28, 2020

A new study illustrates the influence of environmental constraints on the evolution of cultural practices - with drums.

New Study Suggests That Language Started Forming 30 to 40 Million Years Ago

Oct 22, 2020

Language is illustrated as the passing of thoughts and ideas through intelligible sounds. Although its evolutionary origins were previously unknown, a new study suggests it started at least 30 to 40 million years ago - during the time of the common ancestor of men, monkeys, and apes.