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‘Head-first’ diversity shown to drive vertebrate evolution
December 21, 2011 The history of evolution is periodically marked by explosions in biodiversity, as groups of species try out a wide range of shapes and sizes. With a new analysis of two such adaptive radiations in the fossil record, researchers have discovered that these diversifications proceeded head-first.
A small step for lungfish, a big step for the evolution of walking
December 12, 2011 View video of the African lungfish using its thin pelvic limbs to lift its body off the bottom surface to propel itself forward. The eel-like body and scrawny “limbs” of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion.
Tiktaalik discovery among National Geographic’s top grants
December 8, 2011 Neil Shubin’s 2004 discovery of the pivotal fossil Tiktaalik roseae , a transitional species between ancient fish and the first limbed animals, is among 10 projects selected for their historical significance as part of the National Geographic celebration of the magazine’s first 10,000 grants. Since 1890, the National Geographic Society has funded grants to every corner of the planet –unlocking many of its secrets, sometimes in spectacular ways.
Errors in protein structure sparked evolution of biological complexity
May 18, 2011 Over four billion years of evolution, plants and animals grew far more complex than their single-celled ancestors. But a new comparison of proteins shared across species finds that complex organisms, including humans, have accumulated structural weaknesses that may have actually launched the long journey from microbe to man.
Neil Shubin elected to National Academy of Sciences, honored for teaching
May 4, 2011 University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin, PhD, the Robert R. Bensley Professor and Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, has been elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and honored with a prestigious national teaching award.
MACH to Speak, Chair Panel at WiMAX Forum Global Congress
LUXEMBOURG, May 27, 2010 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communications exchange solutions, http://mach.com announced that Tue From Hermansen, Director, Next Generation Solutions, will deliver a presentation on WiMAX roaming, entitled ‘The WiMAX Roaming Business Case,’ on 16th June, 2010 during the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2010, to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In addition, Ramon Castillo, MACH Technical Product Manager, has been selected to chair the subsequent panel discussion entitled ‘What will WiMAX Roaming Look Like?