In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that ...

We cannot compare primitive organisms such as viruses with complex living entities such as plants and animals ... should be excluded from the tree of life because they cannot sustain themselves ...

They suggest that either embryonic development pathways existed before animals or multicellular mechanisms evolved independently in C. perkinsii, prompting a fresh look at the evolution of life ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

to the evolutionary aspects of environmental change, sustainability and the biodiversity crisis. Our expertise touches all the areas of the Tree of Life, including single-celled organisms, plants, ...

Deep Tree: Students explore an interactive tree of life and trace the shared ancestry ... of short classroom videos that depict evolution of the animal kingdom on Earth. Shape of Life focuses ...

“Evolution isn't just a story ... extinct over the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth––can be summarized in an enormous family tree. To help you explore this tree and understand ...

Aug. 26, 2024 — Fossils are used to reconstruct evolutionary history, but not all animals and plants become fossils and many fossils are destroyed before we can find them (e.g., the rocks that ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. It is the first time ...