Evolution Archives - El·lipse

Male lion at the Copenhagen Zoo in April 2014. | Picture by Ross Barnett, researcher at the GLOBE Institute and co-author of the study.

18.05.2020

Researchers analyze the evolutionary history of the lion, key to its conservation in the future

The latest book by physicist Ricard Solé, a researcher at the IBE, takes us into the world of viruses.

11.05.2020

Viruses: complex adaptive systems

Gran Dolina cave site, Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). | Picture by José María Bermúdez de Castro, scientific Co-director of the excavations in Atapuerca and co-corresponding author on the paper.

20.04.2020

Scientists recover oldest ever human molecular evidence to date

Metamorphosis is considered one of the most innovative processes in the evolution of insects. | Picture taken from the cover of the book "Insect Metamorphosis: From Natural History to Regulation of Development and Evolution".

27.03.2020

The new book of the insect metamorphosis expert, Xavier Bellés, is out

A new study explains the evolution of virus-plant interactions in Mediterranean ecosystems by considering environmental fluctuations in each case. | Picture by Dengrz from Unsplash.

16.03.2020

Researchers model the role of the environment on the spread of viral infections in plants

Wolbachia bacteria uses a number of strategies to manipulate cockroach reproduction to its own benefit.

03.03.2020

Studying the evolution of unisexuality in beetles

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, researcher at IBE, was the mission commander of the latest 'trip to Mars' in Astroland, where he collected environmental samples to analyse.

18.02.2020

A scientific field trip to Mars… on Earth

20.12.2019

ERC grants and genomics hints into bird extinctions

In this book, the researcher Carles Lalueza-Fox brings us the possibility of 'reviving' extinct species, such as mammoths. | Picture from Pixabay.

19.12.2019

“De-extinctions”, a book by Carles Lalueza-Fox

Picture obtained by the NASA Hubble telescope. The new algorithm, designed by the Notredame laboratory, does for the genome the same as this telescope to the space.

13.12.2019

A Hubble telescope for our genes: a new algorithm compares almost 1.5 million DNA sequences

Jaw of a Gigantopithecus blacki (P1-M2=74mm). Credit image: Prof. Wei Wang; Edit: Theis Jensen.

20.11.2019

Paleoproteomics takes us back 2 million years and solves the mystery of a giant extinct ape

A portrait of a 80,000 year old Denisovan girl, recreated solely from molecular data. Art by Maayan visuals.

10.10.2019

The oldest portrait