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Discovery of 4.4-Million-Year-Old Hominid "Ardi" Is Greatest Scientific Breakthrough of 2009
Venerable journal Science has announced its top breakthroughs of 2009, and topping the list is a breakthrough in evolutionary biology. It's the discovery of Ardipithecus ramidus, a 4.4-million-year-old hominid skeleton that reveals how homo sapiens' ancient ancestors looked and lived. More »The Evolutionary Cost of Being Extremely Sexy
"Death Stench" Is Universal Among Animals And Insects
Insects avoid their dead instinctively, repelled by a "death stench." Now scientists have discovered that nearly all animals emit the same stench when they die, and have been for over 400 million years. More »12 Million Year Old Hominid With Human Features Discovered In Spain
Get ready to rewrite the fossil record one more time. Researchers have unveiled a 12 million year old hominid fossil from Spain, with startlingly modern facial features, and it may indicate our evolutionary origins are more complicated than is commonly accepted. More »47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
Meet Ida, the 47 million year old fossil who may represent one of our earliest known ancestors. She's probably the most complete primate fossil ever discovered, and she explains where humans (and lemurs) come from. More »Princeton Scientists Discover Proteins that Control Evolution
Evolutionary changes are supposed to take place gradually and randomly, under pressure from natural selection. But a team of Princeton scientists investigating a group of proteins that help cells burn energy stumbled across evidence that this is not how evolution works. In fact, their discovery could revolutionize the way we understand evolutionary processes. They have evidence that organisms actually have the ability to control their own evolution. More »Female-Dominated Societies Are Violent, Say Anthropologists