Middle Tennessee State University biology researcher M. Elizabeth Barnes has collaborated on a study aimed at improving ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

NASA iCOOL (Center for the Integration of the Origins of Life) and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States Institute of ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their sanctuaries, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ilaria Greco and ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Evolution of human traitsIcons depict cultural and biological milestones in human evolution. Álvaro Valiño Evolution is relentless; when the chance of survival can be increased, it finds a way ...

Therefore, despite their lower extant species diversity compared to flowering plants, the biology of ferns and lycophytes is extremely important to understand the origins, evolution, and ...