/tags/genes/ Recent bookmarks tagged #genes Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:54 +0000 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4817-early-humans-swapped-bite-for-brain.html Humans owe their big brains and sophisticated culture to a single genetic mutation that weakened our jaw muscles about 2.4 million years ago, a new study suggests.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #evolution #genes #genetics #jaws</p> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:40:22 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20335 evolution genes genetics jaws http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527441.500-horizontal-and-vertical-the-evolution-of-evolution.html?full=true&print=true "JUST suppose that Darwin's ideas were only a part of the story of evolution. Suppose that a process he never wrote about, and never even imagined, has been controlling the evolution of life throughout most of the Earth's history. It may sound preposterous, but this is exactly what microbiologist Carl Woese and physicist Nigel Goldenfeld, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believe. Darwin's explanation of evolution, they argue, even in its sophisticated modern form, applies only to a recent phase of life on Earth."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #coding #darwin #dna #evolution #genes #genetics</p> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:28:47 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12882 coding darwin dna evolution genes genetics