13-05-03 Researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology at the Helsinki University and the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have developed the first three-dimensional simulation of the evolution of morphology（形态学） by integrating the mechanisms of g...

13-04-22 Fishes account for over half of vertebrate（脊椎动物的） species, but while groups such as mammals, birds and reptiles have been fairly well understood by scientists for decades, knowledge about relationships among many types of fishes was essential...

13-04-18 An historic fish, with an intriguing（有趣的） past, now has had its genome sequenced, providing a wealth of information on the genetic changes that accompanied the adaptation from an aquatic（水生的） environment to land. A team of international re...

13-04-15 Evolution skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the brain or the eye, are simply too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have proposed various ways that so-called 'irreducibly complex' structures could emerge incremen...

13-04-10 Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations. A University of Leeds-led study, published in the journal Ecology Letters, overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradua...

13-03-01 Mineral evolution is a new way to look at our planet's history. It's the study of the increasing diversity and characteristics of Earth's near-surface minerals, from the dozen that arrived on interstellar（星际的） dust particles when the Solar Syst...

13-02-21 Understanding how and why diversification（多样化，变化） occurs is important for understanding why there are so many species on Earth. In a new study published on 19 February in the open access journal PLOS Biology, researchers show that similar --...

13-02-19 DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and behaviour from the Stone Age to the modern day. The ancient genetic record reveals the negative changes in...

13-01-30 Thanks to cultural evolution, male Savannah sparrows are changing their tune, partly to attract the ladies. According to a study of more than 30 years of Savannah sparrows recordings, the birds are singing distinctly different songs today than their...

13-01-28 The bread and butter of investing for Silicon Valley tech companies is stale（陈腐的） . Instead, a new method of predicting the evolution of technology could save tech giants millions in research and development or developments of new products -- a...