EVOLUTION
Evolution is the process by which species change over time through natural selection, genetic variation, and adaptation. RathBiotaClan covers the latest evolutionary biology research — from fossil discoveries and phylogenetics to the molecular basis of evolution and speciation.
Early Aromatic Amino Acids in LUCA Proteins Hint at Chaotic Genetic Code Origins And Alien Ocean Chemistry
New Evidence Suggests We May Have Been Wrong About The Origin of Life. Looking back roughly four billion years to...
Dark Oxygen in the Deep Sea May Rewrite the Origins of Life
Imagine a world so alien and lightless that it rivals the vacuum of space. More than 13,000 feet below the...
Tiny New Dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum Fills a 30-Million-Year Gap in Evolution
Imagine stumbling upon a fossil small enough to fit in your hand, yet powerful enough to rewrite part of the...
New Limb Evidence Confirms Sahelanthropus tchadensis as the Earliest Hominin Biped
Recent analysis of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, an early hominin from approximately 7 million years ago, provides compelling evidence for the origins...
How a 19 Year Old Became the Youngest Person to Face Alzheimer
The case of a 19-year-old male from China, who was diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has been documented by...
New Study Reveals Falcon Gene Lets Animals Survive Thin Air
New research uses a 'falconized' mouse model to reveal important findings. Scientists identified a critical genetic variant in high-altitude saker...
Life’s Frozen Ingredients Found Beyond the Milky Way for the First Time by JWST
For the first time ever, astronomers have observed the chemical building blocks of life trapped in ice beyond the confines...
New DNA Evidence Suggests Native American Ancestors Started in Northern Coastal China
For many years, scientists accepted a simple story about the first Native Americans (NAs). Groups moved from Asia and crossed...
How Does Agriodontosaurus Link to Lizards and Tuataras?
A fossil of a tiny reptile that lived over 240 million years ago a creature so old it actually predates...
Oldest Known Microbial DNA Recovered from Mammoths Remains
Scientists discovered microbial DNA in woolly and steppe mammoth remains that date back more than one million years. This finding...
POPULAR NEWS
Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
New Studys Says Gen Z is the least sexually active young cohort in modern recorded history
A generation that grew up with dating apps in their pockets, pornography a tap away, and sex discussed more openly...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
Step-Synchronized Brain Stimulation Reduces Falls in Small Parkinson’s Trial
Researchers have reported encouraging results from a small feasibility study testing a new form of adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS)...
A Father’s Touch in Infancy Can Shape a Child’s Health for Years, New Science Explains Why
A study from Penn State University has revealed something startling beneath that simplicity those early interactions carry biological consequences that...
South Asian Patients Have Been Left Out of Cancer Genomics for Decades & MutExpress-India Is Changing That
The databases that underpin modern cancer genomics have a geography problem. The gnomAD database the gold standard for allele frequency...
Biodiversity Loss Could Bankrupt Nations And Wall Street Hasn’t Noticed Yet
Every year, governments borrow trillions of dollars to function. The interest rate they pay depends almost entirely on their credit...
