Evolution Diary

Washington, Nov 19: Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have successfully regenerated a wing in a chick embryo, a species not known to be able to regrow limbs. (…)

A new study has linked diet to evolutionary brain size in orangutans living on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. (…)

A first-of-its-kind evolutionary strategy discovered among invertebrate organisms – or honeybees – shows how a complex genetic mechanism determines gender and maximizes gene transmission to the next generation of several bee species, according to Michigan State University researchers. (…)

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Washington, Nov 04: A team of neuroscientists and zoologists of the University of Florida has concluded through genetic analysis that a prehistoric marine worm may be the ancestor of humans. (…)