Tag: evolution
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Leprosy bacteria, Human arrogance...
A study reveals that the bacterium that causes leprosy still packs the same punch it did in the Middle Ages. [1] Bacteria insist on reminding us the fallacy of the theories we use to understand nature: They seem to be THE most adaptable to survive with not even the need to change for thousands or…
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Brain for... walking!
Our brain could have evolved just for… walking. [1] A new theory proposes that our beloved organ, what we believe makes us unique, was created just for controlling movement. If this is true, then two possibilities exist: The other "high level" activities that constitute consciousness could just be a side-effect or... a result of something…
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Pines, humans, genome...
Deciphering the genome of the loblolly pine is a tall order, as is perhaps fitting for a tree that can grow to be 30 meters in height. Researchers sequenced the conifer’s (Pinus taeda) approximately 24 billion bases of DNA, Steven Salzberg of Johns Hopkins University reported May 10. That surpasses the previous record holder, wheat,…
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Eye, complex to simple, fallen angels...
Evolution-explains-everything-and-answers-to-all-philosophical-problems skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the brain or the eye, are simply too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have proposed various ways that so-called 'irreducibly complex' structures could emerge incrementally over time, bit by bit. But a new study proposes an alternative route. Instead of starting from simpler precursors and…
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