#Evolutionary Biology

Articles (7)

• 🇺🇸 Infants torn from mothers, testicles ripped off: Study describes vicious chimpanzee infighting — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Chimpanzees that had once formed a cohesive community in Uganda split into factions and turned violent, according to a new study. Nearly 30 chimps were killed, including 19 infants.

  Related: #Primate Behavior, #Animal Aggression
• 🇺🇸 These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why. — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.

  Related: #Animal Behavior, #Conflict Studies
• 🇺🇸 Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals — 02/04/2026 [USA]

  Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth

  Related: #Fossil Discovery, #Scientific Research
• 🇺🇸 Robert Trivers, Eccentric Scientist Who Probed Human Nature, Dies at 83 — 27/03/2026 [USA]

  A visionary evolutionary biologist, he drew comparisons to Charles Darwin with his theories on the genetic roots of seemingly detrimental behaviors like self-deception.

  Related: #Human Nature, #Scientific Legacy
• 🇺🇸 Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at origins of human love of alcohol — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who&apos;d feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars. <br>

  Related: #Animal Behavior
• 🇺🇸 Break It To Make It: How Fracturing Sculpts Tissues and Organs — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces. The post Break It To Make It: How Fracturing Sculpts Tissues and Organs first...

  Related: #Mechanobiology, #Embryonic Development, #Biophysics
• 🇺🇸 The Evolution of Eyes Began With One — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

  Related: #Scientific Progress, #Vertebrate Development