Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got plants.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Life, Evolution, Bacteria, Algae, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event
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ADHD linked to evolutionary success in ancient humans
Posted by ArielTechGeek 434 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
While current diagnostic definitions of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are relatively new, the general condition has been identified by clinicians under a variety of names for centuries. Recent genetic studies have revealed the condition to be highly heritable, meaning the majority of those with the condition have genetically inherited it from their parents.Continue ReadingCatego
In an evolutionary rarity, sea snakes may have regained lost color vision
Posted by ArielTechGeek 657 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Most snakes can only see the colors blue and green, along with ultraviolet light in some cases. New research, however, suggests that sea snakes have evolved to actually regain the wider-color vision of their earliest ancestors.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Snakes, University of Adelaide, Evolution, Vision, University of Plymouth
Ants and plants: A 60-million-year-old evolutionary friendship
Posted by ArielTechGeek 758 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Ants can be found in huge numbers in almost all of the world’s regions and habitats. But how did they become the most populous, highly diverse insect species on the planet? Scientists may have an answer, and it has to do with plants.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: ANT+, Ants, Plants, Evolution, The Field Museum of Natural History
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