Evolution stuck in slime for a billion years

Tasmanian researchers have revealed ancient conditions that almost ended life on Earth, using a new technique they developed to hunt for mineral deposits.

'Be different or die' does not drive evolution

A new study has found that species living together are not forced to evolve differently to avoid competing with each other, challenging a theory that has held since Darwin's Origin of Species.

The evolution of the Earth's atmosphere


Evolution can select for evolvability, biologists find


Report: Abundant oxygen does not necessarily lead to the evolution of advanced life


BMW C Evolution electric scooter ready to hit the streets

Much of the hype around BMW with low carbon transportation right now is the to market plans of its i8 plug-in hybrid and i3 electric car, but the automaker is also making steps in greening other parts of its mobility inventory as well. One area in which this is happening is scooters, with news that its new C evolution electric scooter will debut in Europe next year.

Evolution's 'big bang' explained by 5x faster rates


Evolution picks up hitchhikers


Evolution's toolkit seen in developing hands and arms

Thousands of sequences that control genes are active in the developing human limb and may have driven the evolution of the human hand and foot, a comparative genomics study led by Yale School of Medicine researchers has found.

The prehistoric ear bone-evolution link


Video: This algorithm simulates evolution

A research team led by Cornell University's Creative Machines Lab has created a computer algorithm that simulates virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach themselves to walk.

Cliff swallows evolve to speed past automobiles


Humans have unique brain structures

Humans have at least two functional networks in their cerebral cortex that aren't found in rhesus monkeys, and which appear to be unique.

Evolution 'surprisingly predictable', says team


Researchers boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) with evolution


Dogs evolved to eat our food


Brainy guppies show evolutionary tradeoff

It's long been suspected that having a big brain isn't necessarily an evolutionary advantage. Now, scientists have come up with experimental evidence for this view, by breeding a strain of big-brained guppies.

Human evolution driven by sudden climate change


Life on land started millions of years earlier, claims scientist

A University of Oregon scientist has made the controversial claim that ancient multicellular fossils long thought to be ancestors of early marine life are in fact land-dwelling lichen or other microbial colonies.

Bigger wasn't always better for plant-eating dinosaurs
