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Keyword - Evolution

- Biodiversity: On the origin of bar codes - Premium content
  
  Genetic sequences in a cell's mitochondria can be used to accurately determine species. Could this be because they are responsible for creating what they identify? Nick Lane investigates.
  
  18 November 2009
- Darwin's finches tracked to reveal evolution in action - Premium content
  
  A new species of finch may have arisen in the Galapagos.
  
  16 November 2009
- Biologists turn against worm - Premium content
  
  Researchers seek out alternative model organisms to C. elegans.
  
  12 November 2009
- Fossil primate challenges Ida's place - Premium content
  
  Controversial German specimen is related to lemurs, not humans, analysis of an Egyptian find suggests.
  
  21 October 2009
- Row at US journal widens - Premium content
  
  Three papers caught up in journal probe of review process.
  
  9 October 2009
- Oldest hominid skeleton revealed - Premium content
  
  At 4.4 million years, Ethiopian fossil clarifies human–chimp relationships.
  
  1 October 2009
- Sex chromosomes linked to evolution of new species - Premium content
  
  Questions over conflict of the sexes remain.
  
  27 September 2009
- Mountains may be cradles of evolution - Premium content
  
  Tectonics seem to fuel the appearance of new species.
  
  25 September 2009
- Oldest feathered dinosaur found - Premium content
  
  Chinese fossil find sheds light on evolution of birds.
  
  25 September 2009
- Protein burns its evolutionary bridges - Premium content
  
  Mutations can set genetic change on an irreversible path.
  
  23 September 2009