Songbirds’ Epic Migrations Connected To A Small Cluster Of Genes
Scientists from the University of British Columbia have shown that there is a genetic basis to the migratory routes flown by songbirds, and have narrowed in on a relatively small…
evolution
Orangutan Gives Clues To The Origins Of Human Speech
An orangutan called Rocky could provide the key to understanding how speech in humans evolved from the time of the ancestral great apes, according to a study led by Dr…
This Species Of Brazilian Monkey Has Been Using Stones As Tools For 700 Years
Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you’re a monkey. Primates in Brazil are well honed in using stones to break into the nuts and new…
Robot Helps Study How First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
When early terrestrial animals began moving about on mud and sand 360 million years ago, the powerful tails they used as fish may have been more important than scientists previously…
How Did Birds Get Their Wings? Bacteria May Provide a Clue, Say Scientists
New research from an international team of evolutionary biologists, led by the University of Oxford, has used bacteria to show that acquiring duplicate copies of genes can provide a ‘template’…
Humans Have Faster Metabolism Than Closely Related Primates, Enabling Larger Brains
Loyola University Chicago researchers are among the co-authors of a groundbreaking study that found humans have a higher metabolism rate than closely related primates, which enabled humans to evolve larger…