because many of the same genes were used by direct ancestors. "Evo-devo'' researchers investigate the ways that evolution has modified embryological processes, and, conversely, how developmental ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...