The reason for the zebra’s stripes may have even surprised Darwin…
Posts Tagged ‘evolution’
The Zebra’s Stripes
Monday, February 13th, 2012Spider Mating
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Male spiders will go to extraordinary measures to avoid being eaten after mating.
Claw or Nail?
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
What’s the difference between a claw and nail? Perhaps human origins!
The Original Mama’s Boy
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Chemical analysis of fossilized teeth shows our early male ancestors never roamed too far from home.
Sleepless Cavefish
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Sleepless fish may hold clues to human sleep disorders.
Exoskeleton Evolution
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Discovery of early arthropod species sheds light on origins of exoskeleton.
Super Bowl Evolution
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Why are humans so crazy about sports?
Cool Temps Mean Choosier Males
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
New research into butterfly behavior shows gender roles can be reversed, given the right circumstances.
Human Fossil Discovery
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin… Fossil remains from China seem to radically change what we thought we knew about our species’ arrival in East Asia.
The Times they are a-Changin
Monday, November 1st, 2010
The evolution of our species’ most famous traits took hundreds of thousands of years. But in some cases, evolution doesn’t always take its sweet time.
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