Evolution

Sort by

- - +5
  - 0
- The Family That Walks On All Fours
  Posted by robynoratocom
  A documentary film on a family living in remote Turkey aired on BBC in 2006, and again on NOVA a few months ago. Why should we care about this Muslim Turkish family? Because several of the many siblings walk on both their hands and their feet, a way that humans have not walked for millions of years. Are they the key to unlocking the course of human evolution?
  Post a comment
- - +1
  - 0
- The bugs that came in from the cold
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Environment.independent.c
  Locked in ice for millions of years, Antarctic bacteria are thawing – and they're alive. So will a prehistoric plague be swimming in a sea near you?
  Post a comment
- - +5
  - 0
- Fossil finds challenge view of man's place in evolution - Independent Online Edition > Sci_Tech
  Posted by Sandyenglish from The Independent
  Two fossils discovered in northern Kenya directly challenge the established view that there was a linear progression from apes to humans.
  Post a comment
- - +5
  - 0
- Structure of 450 million year old protein reveals evolution's steps
  Posted by Sandyenglish from Eurek Alert
  A detailed map that pinpoints the location of every atom in a 450-million-year-old resurrected protein reveals the precise evolutionary steps needed to create the molecule’s modern version, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Oregon.
  Post a comment
- - +5
  - 0
- Why Humans Walk On Two Legs
  Posted by Sandyenglish from Science Daily
  A team of anthropologists that studied chimpanzees trained to use treadmills has gathered new evidence suggesting that our earliest apelike ancestors started walking on two legs because it required less energy than getting around on all fours.
  Post a comment
- - +1
  - 0
- Evolution-centered science OK'd in Kan. - Science
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The new guidelines reflect mainstream scientific views of evolution and represent a political defeat for advocates of “intelligent design,” who had helped write the standards that are being jettisoned.
  Post a comment
- - +5
  - -1
- Imperical Evidence
  Posted by chuckt from New York Times
  Some scientists think spirituality is ignorance.
  Post a comment

What is

NewsCloud?

» The most important stories from around the Web all in one place

» Gathered and ranked by a community of passionate readers surfing the Web 24 hours a day

» Ready to share: email stories, post news to your blog and keep up with your friends

Learn more

Just Said
Top Posters

There are no comments at this time.

Just Said
Top Posters

Jeff
Member since Dec 2008
Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.
Seattle

processing...please wait...

Evolution

There are no comments at this time.