Evolution Archives - Page 5 of 7 - El·lipse

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

Elena Casacuberta is a group leader at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE: CSIC-UPF).

20.09.2019

Elena Casacuberta (IBE:UPF-CSIC): “Teams are essential in science”

Immunostaing of a mouse limb-bud. Cartilage-like cells are labbeled in green, endothelial cells in pink and nuclei in blue. Image from Heura Cardona and Montserrat Coll.

05.08.2019

EMBL Barcelona hosts the Limb Development and Regeneration Meeting