Human Theome Project
This is one of the most serious pieces ever posted on Genotopia. As the shooting at the French humor magazine Charlie Hebdo shows, satire can be dangerous … Read more
Evolution
Letting History and Evolution and Math Teach Us How to Vote
Sometimes the only consolation I can drag myself towards–lying awake at night as I wonder at the financial and vocational vacuum that is a doctorate … Read more
‘Homo’ only primate whose tooth size decreases as its brain size increases
Andalusian researchers, led by the University of Granada, have discovered a curious characteristic of the members of the human lineage, classed as the genus Homo: … Read more
First animals may have oxygenated the ocean
The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated the earth’s oceans – contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their … Read more
‘Steak-knife’ teeth reveal ecology of oldest land predators
The first top predators to walk on land were not afraid to bite off more than they could chew, a University of Toronto Mississauga study … Read more
Flies, humans perceive motion in same way
Scientists put flies on tiny spherical treadmills to study their similarities with humans in viewing moving objects. Anyone who has tried to swat a fly … Read more
Poisonous Water Leads to Bigger, But Fewer, Fish Babies
Living in extreme environments often entails taking extreme measures to survive. Live-bearing fish mothers in toxic North and South American waters try to give their … Read more
Death by asexuality
Ground-breaking new research from a team of evolutionary biologists at Indiana University shows for the first time how asexual lineages of a species are doomed … Read more
Altruism or manipulated helping? Altruism may have origins in manipulation
Manipulation is often thought of as morally repugnant, but it might be responsible for the evolutionary origins of some helpful or altruistic behavior, according to … Read more
Evolution will punish you if you’re selfish and mean
Two Michigan State University evolutionary biologists offer new evidence that evolution doesn’t favor the selfish, disproving a theory popularized in 2012. “We found evolution will … Read more
Captured: Mysterious oyster killers
University of British Columbia researchers have apprehended tiny, elusive parasites that have plagued oysters from British Columbia to California. First reported in 1960, Denman Island … Read more
