http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/ A History of Beginnings en Copyright 2009 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:01 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/penguin-dna-may-reset-the-mole.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/penguin-dna-may-reset-the-mole.html The Science of Origins Adelie penguins David Lambert Dee Denver mitochondrial genome molecular clock Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:01 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/do-studies-of-the-origin-of-re.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/do-studies-of-the-origin-of-re.html Origins Essays cognitive science of religion Deborah Kelemen Jesse Bering Justin Barrett origin of religion Paul Bloom The Descent of Man Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:07:40 -0500 Origins by Julia Galef One of the most iconic symbols of evolution—the tree of life (left), a visual metaphor for the branching ancestry of species—has recently become one of its most controversial. The idea of a tree dates back to Charles... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/how-weblike-is-the-tree-of-lif.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/how-weblike-is-the-tree-of-lif.html Evolution and Culture Creationism eukaryote evolution lateral gene transfer prokaryote tree of life web of life Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:02:30 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Culotta Every human society has had its gods, whether worshiped from Gothic cathedrals or Mayan pyramids. In all cultures, humans pour resources into elaborate religious buildings and rituals. But religion offers no obvious boost to survival and reproduction.... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/on-the-origin-of-religion.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/on-the-origin-of-religion.html Origins Essays archaeology belief in gods cognitive psychology Colin Renfrew Justin Barrett origin of religion Paul Bloom symbolic behavior Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:38:25 -0500 Origins by Julia Galef CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—The birthplace of modern evolutionary biology can arguably be located at a landmark 1959 conference at the University of Chicago, which synthesized the then-new discoveries of DNA and genetics with Charles Darwin's observations on evolution. Last... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/change-in-regulatory-dna-respo.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/change-in-regulatory-dna-respo.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture adaptation cis-regulatory changes Darwin anniversary evolution speciation stickleback Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:09:10 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Pennisi Charles Darwin worked hard to figure out how cooperation within a species—self-sacrifice among worker bees, for example—could have evolved. But he was stumped when it came to understanding cooperation between species. In his book, On the Origin... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/ant-and-tree-cooperation-a-del.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/ant-and-tree-cooperation-a-del.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture The Science of Origins ant co-evolution cooperation symbiosis parasitism ant-plant tropical forest Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0500 Origins by Michael Balter Human evolution research is not for the faint-hearted. Hominin fossils are rare and hard to find. And more often than not, no sooner do anthropologists announce a big discovery than other researchers argue that they have it... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/what-ever-happened-to-kenyanth.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/what-ever-happened-to-kenyanth.html Origins Essays Australopithecus afarensis Fred Spoor Kenyanthropus platyops Lake Turkana Royal Society Tim White Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:20 -0500 Origins by Michael Balter LONDON—When Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, agreed to speak at a human origins meeting* at the Royal Society here, he sent no abstract and provided only a one-word title: “Ardipithecus.” But that one word... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/primatologists-go-ape-over-ard.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/primatologists-go-ape-over-ard.html The Science of Origins Ardi Ardipithecus ramidus chimpanzees LCA Owen Lovejoy Tim White William McGrew Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:26:16 -0500 Origins by Greg Miller Cephalopods—octopuses, squid, and their relatives—ruled the seas in the Cambrian era, some 500 million years ago. But their world changed in a big way with the Cambrian Explosion, a rapid diversification of life on Earth that... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/tackling-brain-evolution-with.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/tackling-brain-evolution-with.html Evolution and Culture The Science of Origins brain evolution cephalopods comparative neuroanatomy gene expression nervous system Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:21:32 -0500 Origins by Mitch Leslie Reptiles look old school, and they have old school B cells that retain an ancient ability our B cells have lost, says a new study published today. Our B cells cannot engulf invading bacteria, but a turtle's... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/b-cells-with-a-taste-for-micro.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/b-cells-with-a-taste-for-micro.html The Science of Origins B cell evolution of the immune system immunology phagocytosis reptile Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:03:24 -0500 Origins by Carl Zimmer As I was working on my essay on the evolution of eukaryotes, I spoke a lot to Nick Lane. Lane is trained as a biochemist, but he's also a prolific author (most recently of the book Life... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/prizewinning-researcher-ventur.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/prizewinning-researcher-ventur.html Origins Essays Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:33 -0500 Origins by Ann Gibbons “Ardi,” the oldest known skeleton of a hominin, or member of the human family, has grabbed headlines around the world since her unveiling in Science Thursday. Not surprisingly, the press coverage of the 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus ramidus has... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/apes-of-wrath.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/apes-of-wrath.html All Things Darwin The Science of Origins Al-Jazeera Ardi Ardipithecus ramidus Darwin Zaghloul El-Naggar Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:30:50 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/on-the-origin-of-ecological-co.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/on-the-origin-of-ecological-co.html Evolution and Culture Origins Essays The Science of Origins biodiversity community competition ecological structure evolution forest neutral theory Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:48:40 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/09/for-the-faithful-eusociality.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/09/for-the-faithful-eusociality.html Evolution and Culture The Science of Origins ants bees cooperation eusociality evolution Jacobus Boomsma monogamy superorganism termites wasps Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:46:07 -0500 Origins The Hollywood Reporter last week noted that Creation had finally been picked for the U.S. market. Now Americans can decide thumbs-up or thumbs-down.... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/09/darwin-film-finds-us-distribut.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/09/darwin-film-finds-us-distribut.html All Things Darwin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:50:44 -0500 Origins