evolution Archive
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![A Green Earth: Life seeks to survive, by whatever means it can (picture credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) Does evolution have a purpose? To […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Herbal-Earth-195x110.png "The Purpose of Life")
The Purpose of Life
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No CommentsA Green Earth: Life seeks to survive, by whatever means it can (picture credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) Does evolution have a purpose? To […] -
![Generations of scientists have assumed that sexual reproduction in vertebrates originated with external fertilization that gradually evolved into the internal form that humans perform, and […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Sleeping with the Fishes: the 400 million year old origin of sex")
Sleeping with the Fishes: the 400 million year old origin of sex
Posted on November 6, 2014 | No CommentsGenerations of scientists have assumed that sexual reproduction in vertebrates originated with external fertilization that gradually evolved into the internal form that humans perform, and […] -
![Nah, this isn’t about the fictitious tomboy from the 19th century children’s book ‘What Katy Did’. This is about some undoubtedly much more fascinating individuals belonging […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Invertebrates-icon-done-195x110.png "What Katydid")
What Katydid
Posted on April 17, 2014 | No CommentsNah, this isn’t about the fictitious tomboy from the 19th century children’s book ‘What Katy Did’. This is about some undoubtedly much more fascinating individuals belonging […] -
![The human eye is a magnificently complex feat of evolution, and for the most part, it provides the brain with an accurate picture of the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/eyes-2-195x110.jpg "Second Sight: The Incredible World Only Animals See")
Second Sight: The Incredible World Only Animals See
Posted on January 7, 2014 | No CommentsThe human eye is a magnificently complex feat of evolution, and for the most part, it provides the brain with an accurate picture of the […] -
![A popular television program ‘Dirty Jobs‘ follows charismatic host Mike Rowe as he explores some of the messiest and challenging careers across North America. After […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Botany-Artist-Iona-Richards-Color-Designer-Thao-Do-195x110.png "No Job Too Dirty: A Peculiar & Resourceful Ecological Niche")
No Job Too Dirty: A Peculiar & Resourceful Ecological Niche
Posted on December 16, 2013 | No CommentsA popular television program ‘Dirty Jobs‘ follows charismatic host Mike Rowe as he explores some of the messiest and challenging careers across North America. After […] -
![Max Bodmer explains the concept of niche construction in nature – using some quirky personas for your entertainment! Are organisms passive in their environment? […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/podcast-115x115.png "Bang! Science Bites: Niche Construction")
Bang! Science Bites: Niche Construction
Posted on November 23, 2013 | No CommentsMax Bodmer explains the concept of niche construction in nature – using some quirky personas for your entertainment! Are organisms passive in their environment? […] -
![Source: John Tann via Conservation Jobs. The story of the Angraecum sesquipedale, or ‘Darwin’s Orchid’ is a relatively obscure anecdote from the annals of natural history […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Darwin and His Orchid")
Darwin and His Orchid
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No CommentsSource: John Tann via Conservation Jobs. The story of the Angraecum sesquipedale, or ‘Darwin’s Orchid’ is a relatively obscure anecdote from the annals of natural history […] -
Climate Change: The Human Companion
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsIn the modern world, climate change has frequently been presented as a human creation that threatens to change society both globally and locally. Flooding witnessed […] -
Our Friend, Our Foe, Our Lover
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe story of our relationship with the Neanderthal is, to say the least, complicated. Recently, this distant cousin of humankind has figured in the media […] -
Picking and choosing
Posted on January 25, 2013 | No CommentsOur sense of smell is one of the most important methods by which we interact with the world, but the most poorly understood. It is […] -
![A recently characterised gene present exclusively in the human genome is thought to have played a crucial role in the development of the unique cognitive […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Role of one gene in the divergence of humans from other primates")
Role of one gene in the divergence of humans from other primates
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsA recently characterised gene present exclusively in the human genome is thought to have played a crucial role in the development of the unique cognitive […] -
Sensational Discovery of Bacteria the Function as Living Electrical Cables
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsFor the past three years scientists have been trying to discover the origin of electric currents which have been measured in the ocean floor. The […] -
Colonies may have led to the evolution of multicellular organisms
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsChoanoflagellates are a class of free-living unicellular eukaryotes capable of assembling into multicellular clusters; the formation of such colonies is thought to have played a […] -
Divergence of flycatcher species understood through genetic mapping
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsBiologists are one step closer to understanding why one species of living organisms can be so different from another, despite common ancestry. Looking into species […]
