Tracking fossils to follow Utah’s past climate
A paleontologist and her team documented over 600 new fossil finds from the Age of Mammals, a record in the multi-decade Uinta Basin Project.
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Restorative justice preferred among the Enga
Advocates have called for a restorative justice system that repairs harm done to victims and reintegrates wrongdoers into society. The Enga of Papua New Guinea balance retribution and restitution.
Read MoreA genius in our midst: U of U Health geneticist awarded prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
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Elde, an evolutionary geneticist, lauded for his creativity and wide-ranging intellectual curiosity.
Read MoreRibs evolved for movement first, then co-opted for breathing
A major transformation in vertebrate evolution was when breathing shifted from the head to the torso in reptiles. But what caused the shift? A study hypothesizes it was driven by locomotion.
Read MoreDiscover parasite biodiversity from home
Millions of specimens are sitting in museums all over the world, but a lack of digital records make them hard to find and study. Help biologists discover parasite biodiversity.
Read MoreEarliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
The new study goes back further than 23andme could have ever imagined.
Read MoreThe role of lizard lungs in evolutionary biology
Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns.
Read MoreSex, lice and videotape
Biologists drove the divergence of different-sized feather lice from a single population. In four years the evolved lice had trouble mating with each other, a sign of speciation and they caught it on tape.
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