Did meat make us human?
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A new study questions the importance of meat-eating in shaping human evolution.
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Letters from the Galapagos Islands
Virtually join middle-schooler Nora Clayton’s journey as she embeds herself with a U research team.
Read MoreIt’s who you are that matters most
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A first-of-its-kind study found that evolutionary history has the strongest influence in both wild and captive woodrats’ microbiomes.
Read MoreDarwin’s short-beak enigma solved
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A mutation in the ROR2 gene is linked to beak size reduction in numerous breeds of domestic pigeons. Surprisingly, mutations in ROR2 also underlie a human disorder called Robinow syndrome.
Read MoreTracking fossils to follow Utah’s past climate
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A paleontologist and her team documented over 600 new fossil finds from the Age of Mammals, a record in the multi-decade Uinta Basin Project.
Read MoreRestorative justice preferred among the Enga
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Advocates have called for a restorative justice system that repairs harm done to victims and reintegrates wrongdoers into society. The Enga of Papua New Guinea balance retribution and restitution.
Read MoreA genius in our midst: U of U Health geneticist awarded prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
Elde, an evolutionary geneticist, lauded for his creativity and wide-ranging intellectual curiosity.
Read MoreRibs evolved for movement first, then co-opted for breathing
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A major transformation in vertebrate evolution was when breathing shifted from the head to the torso in reptiles. But what caused the shift? A study hypothesizes it was driven by locomotion.
Read MoreDiscover parasite biodiversity from home
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Millions of specimens are sitting in museums all over the world, but a lack of digital records make them hard to find and study. Help biologists discover parasite biodiversity.
Read MoreEarliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
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The new study goes back further than 23andme could have ever imagined.
Read MoreThe role of lizard lungs in evolutionary biology
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Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns.
Read MoreSex, lice and videotape
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Biologists drove the divergence of different-sized feather lice from a single population. In four years the evolved lice had trouble mating with each other, a sign of speciation and they caught it on tape.
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