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Origins
Origin & Evolution of Life
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Yeast Indictate Origins of Multi-Cellularity
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
01/18/12 |
| Biologists have long wondered how sing-celled organisms on the Earth began forming multicellular clusters some 500 million years ago. Now, scientists have replicated this key step in the evolution of life. |
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Why Did Life Begin to Produce Oxygen?
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
01/17/12 |
| By analyzing protein folds from organisms representing every domain of life, a team of scientists has assembled a timeline of 'protein history' that could explain why life began to produce oxygen on Earth. |
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Did Mercury Poisoning Cause Earth's Greatest Extinction?
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
01/10/12 |
| Scientists have discovered a new culprit that was likely involved in Earth's greatest mass extinction event some 250 million years ago. New research shows that mercury from volcanic eruptions may have been involved in rapid climate change and species loss on our planet. |
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A New Theory for Fish that Walk
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
01/05/12 |
| A new study could re-write our understanding of how ancient fish evolved to walk on land. |
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65 Million Years of Mammal Evolution
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
01/04/12 |
| A new study has identified six distinct, consecutive waves of 'evolutionary faunas' over the last 65 million years on Earth. The findings could help scientists understand how climate change will affect the future of life's evolution. |
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Why Aren't We Smarter?
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
12/09/11 |
| A new study indicates that, due to evolutionary tradeoffs, being smarter may not be better for human beings. |
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