evolutionary biology, evolution

Ruth Williams | Dec 18, 2011 | 3 min read

Researchers use whole-genome sequencing to keep tabs on the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Ruth Williams | Dec 12, 2011 | 4 min read

The need for ancient humans to keep cool during the day might explain their lack of body hair but not why they walked on two feet.

Edyta Zielinska | Nov 28, 2011 | 2 min read

Lynn Margulis, an innovative thinker who proposed symbiosis as a major mechanism for speciation, passed away last week.

Hannah Waters | Nov 17, 2011 | 3 min read

Traits that help one sex but hurt the other are not sufficient for maintaining genetic variation.

Jessica P. Johnson | Sep 1, 2011 | 3 min read

Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University. Age: 28

Jef Akst | Aug 29, 2011 | 3 min read

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in evolutionary biology, from Faculty of 1000

Jef Akst | Aug 12, 2011 | 1 min read

Two newly described fossils suggest that wood is some 10 million years older than previous believed.

Bob Grant | Aug 11, 2011 | 1 min read

Scientists discover that ancestors of the unicellular fungi can synthesize essential biomolecules with only trace levels of O₂.

Jef Akst | Aug 11, 2011 | 2 min read

Mothers more likely to have twins have heavier, healthier non-twin babies, possibly explaining why twinning evolved.