The Human Dynasty

Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. A new study shows that the efficiency of human running varies with speed and that each individual has an optimal pace at which he or she can cover the greatest distance with the least effort. Such efficient locomotion probably provided our ancestors with an advantage for hunting and gathering food.

(Penn State) Hundreds of natural-selection studies could have made incorrect conclusions because several statistical methods commonly used by biologists to detect natural selection at the molecular level tend to produce incorrect results, according to new research led by a biologist at Penn State University. The study suggests that, for a more realistic picture of natural selection, biologists should pair experimental data with their statistical data, whenever possible.

Members of the public are asked to look for banded snails and report their findings for a major evolutionary study.

A survey has revealed a disappointing level of knowledge regarding the life and works of one of Britain’s best-known scientists, Charles Darwin.

Find out why humans have better colour perception than dogs, how light-refracting eye proteins came about, and how a bacteria manages to munch on waste chemicals from nylon manufacture

A new study on the virus behind nearly half of all cold infections explains how and where evolution occurs in the rhinovirus genome and what this means for possible vaccines.

(Brigham Young University) A new study by Brigham Young University researchers on the virus behind nearly half of all cold infections explains how and where evolution occurs in the rhinovirus genome and what this means for possible vaccines.

A large-scale analysis suggests that strategies that help America’s carnivores stay away from each other have been a driving force in the evolution of many of these species, influencing such factors as whether they are active daytime or nighttime, whether they inhabit forests or grasslands, or live in trees or on the ground.

(University of California – Davis) A large-scale analysis suggests that strategies that help America’s carnivores stay away from each other have been a driving force in the evolution of many of these species, influencing such factors as whether they are active daytime or nighttime, whether they inhabit forests or grasslands, or live in trees or on the ground.

Evolution Bureau, a digital advertising agency, is launching a new division called EVB Productions that will operate independently with a dedicated budget to offer its innovative digital production capabilities to outside agencies and brands. For nine years, EVB has invested heavily in digital production and led the industry in new forms of Flash development, video production and technical innovation, producing award winning work including "The Whopperettes," "ElfYourself" and "Ms. Dewey." EVB's Andrew Walter will spearhead the initiative as vice president of EVB Productions, reporting to agency CEO, Daniel Stein. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2009)

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