F or the past century and a half, the concept of evolution has primarily been wielded by those describing change of a purely ...

The movement of genetic material between organisms that aren't directly related is a significant driver of evolution, ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals a surprising evolutionary insight: sometimes, losing genes rather ...

ASTANA – High school textbooks may frame evolution as a thing of the past, but it is very much alive, said Dr. Arkhat ...

The discovery of reasons for fungi's evolution can help in understanding the reasons for local mutations and disease ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Scientists have identified tubulin structures in primitive Asgard archea that may have been the precursor of our own cellular ...

Biologists discover mechanisms of evolutionary change in a cheese fungus. The discovery may point to more robust ...

Mazon Creek is one of the most significant fossil sites in the world, and it’s in Chicago’s backyard. The Field Museum is ...

Structural reconstruction of thousands of ancient nitrogenases through Earth’s history uncovers architectural constraints that shaped their evolution under global environmental transitions.

Directed evolution is usually a laborious process that often takes weeks in which proteins rapidly evolve and develop ...