Research Articles
Time Travelers in a Tiny Package: How Lizard Mitochondria Reveal Ancient Earth History
Discover how mitochondrial genomes in acrodont lizards reveal evolutionary history and ancient continental movements through gene rearrangements.
How Chromatin Sculpted Human Evolution
Explore how chromatin structure and dynamics have shaped human evolution through computational and experimental approaches in this undergraduate lab exploration.
Euler's Hidden Legacy: The Mathematical Engine of Evolution
Discover how Leonhard Euler's mathematical innovations power the thermodynamic hierarchical theory of biological evolution and explain life's drive toward complexity.
Pain-Free Pioneers: The African Rodents Revolutionizing Pain Science
Discover how African mole-rats have evolved remarkable pain insensitivity through molecular adaptations, offering insights for human pain treatment.
The Rhythm of Life: How Biological Clocks Shaped Evolution from the First Cells to Modern Humans
Explore the fascinating science of chronobiology and how biological rhythms evolved from early life forms to modern humans, shaping survival and adaptation.
The Secret History in Our Genes: How Evolution Kept Shaping Humanity
Discover how genomic evidence reveals the ongoing evolution of humanity through adaptive traits and disease susceptibility patterns.
Beyond the Numbers: The Hidden Mechanical World of Population Genetics
Exploring how population genetics combines statistical models with mechanistic reasoning to uncover the engines driving evolution.
In Memoriam: Lynn Margulis (1938–2011): The Biologist Who Rewrote the Story of Life
Remembering Lynn Margulis, the revolutionary biologist whose endosymbiotic theory transformed our understanding of evolution and cellular life.
The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form
Explore how evolutionary developmental biology reveals the genetic toolkit that shapes animal diversity through conserved genes and developmental processes.
Unraveling Life's Family Tree: How Molecular Phylogenetics Reveals Evolutionary History
Explore how molecular phylogenetics uses genetic data to reconstruct evolutionary relationships between species and its applications in tracking viruses like H5N1.