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We Finally Know Where Oranges and Lemons Come From

mercredi 11 octobre 2023 par Jack Tamisiea — Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Plants

In addition to finding where citrus come from, researchers have pinpointed the genetic origins of the fruits’ tart taste

Scientific American

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

mercredi 4 octobre 2023 par Kate Wong — Biology, Animals, Evolution

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

Scientific American

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

mercredi 4 octobre 2023 par Kate Wong — Q&A, Biology, Animals, Evolution

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

Scientific American

Mutated Gene That Causes Webbed Limbs in Humans May Have Given Bats Wings

dimanche 1er octobre 2023 par Riley Black — Advances, Biology, Evolution

A key genetic mutation—harmful in humans—may have opened the sky to bats

Scientific American

Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-Old Jawbone Fossil

mardi 19 septembre 2023 par Dyani Lewis, Nature magazine — Biology, Evolution, Anthropology, Archaeology

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features could represent a new branch of the human family tree

Scientific American

'Weird' Dinosaur Prompts Rethink of Bird Evolution

vendredi 8 septembre 2023 par Jude Coleman, Nature magazine — Biology, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Paleontology

A newly described fossil is as old as the “first bird,” Archaeopteryx, and represents a birdlike dinosaur that might have specialized in running or wading instead of flying

Scientific American

Human Ancestors Nearly Went Extinct 900,000 Years Ago

mercredi 6 septembre 2023 par Anna Ikarashi, Nature magazine — Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Social Sciences, Anthropology

A new technique for analyzing modern genetic data suggests that prehumans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals

Scientific American

Two New Toxic Birds Discovered

vendredi 1er septembre 2023 par Carrie Arnold — Advances, Biology, Evolution

Here’s how newfound “spicy” birds resist their potent neurotoxin

Scientific American

The World's Oldest Moss Outlived the Dinosaurs, but It May Not Survive Climate Change

jeudi 10 août 2023 par Chelsea Harvey, E&E News — Evolution, Plants, Environment, Climate Change

The world’s oldest moss has survived Earth’s shifting landscapes for more than 400 million years, but climate change is happening faster than it can adapt

Scientific American

These Salamanders Steal Genes and Can Have up to Five Extra Sets of Chromosomes

lundi 31 juillet 2023 par Aaron Martin — Biology, Animals, Evolution

Unisexual salamanders in the genus Ambystoma appear to be the only creatures in the world that reproduce the way they do. Researchers know how, but the why is still being figured out.

Scientific American