Today's scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist's grand vision of evolution is still the key to life ...

A newly developed "plant tree of life" may help scientists crack an "abominable mystery" declared by Charles Darwin. Flowering plants first evolved over 140 million years ago. Their sudden ...

Today, researchers using the genetic techniques of "evo devo" can trace the evolution of the various kinds of organisms that Darwin fit into his "tree of life" (here, from an 1837 notebook ...

The Darwin Tree of Life project has an ambitious target of sequencing the DNA barcodes and full genomes of all 66,000+ described UK species. Our work is the UK’s contribution to the Earth Biogenome ...

Ecuador and the Tree of Life (12:55) Darwin's theory of a single tree of life and current biological research In Ecuador, biologists explore how adaptations to new environments can create new ...

Despite the challenges, our team remained positive and united. We have spent much of 2024 working to better understand Darling and DarWin trees, correct the labeling mistake, improve existing lines, ...

Darwin’s view here is now amply documented and understood at the most fundamental level of DNA. Darwin packed this paragraph with all of the elements of the process of natural selection.

I am the Researcher Leader for Ancient DNA, and the Head of the Division of Vertebrates and Anthropology in the Earth Sciences Department. I mainly work on projects that involve recovering DNA from ...

City of Darwin is calling for community members to express their interest in joining the Tree Advisory Committee to help make Darwin a cool, clean and ...

Darwin himself made a stab at drawing a "tree of life," a diagram that traces the evolutionary relationships among species based on their similarities and differences. But scientists are now ...