Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

These worksheets contain questions for each level and video of the Evolution Lab and provide assessment on topics like cladograms, fossil evidence of evolution, DNA and genetics, biogeography ...

On Darwin Day, 12 February 2025, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launches the largest ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

The reason that the recombination load is a problem for the evolution of sex is better appreciated by looking at evolution at the level of the gene. Imagine a gene that promotes sexual ...

These diagrams don't just organize knowledge of biodiversity - they also show us that living species are the summation of their evolutionary history. Trait evolution is not predictable.

Navigating through what the editor, H.C. Plotkin, calls “conceptual minefields,” the six essays presented in this volume explore the role of phenotypic behavior in evolution. Topics include the ...

and biological evolution. Topics include sources of molecular genetic variation, the genetic basis of traits with simple and complex patterns of inheritance, evolutionary mechanisms and patterns, and ...

Marchantia polymorpha, a bryophyte, has been a subject of basic research since the 18th century. In recent decades, it has ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.

Below is a breakdown of the most repeated topics from three critical units, shared by Banga Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, and Biology in Human Welfare. This unit delves into the biological ...

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