From a 20-Foot Poop Pile, Scientists Uncover the Secrets of Giant Sloths

Sloths may seem like quirky tree-dwellers today, but their past reveals a dynasty of giants that once roamed the Americas.
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Combining Protein Shapes with Genomic Sequences Improves Reliability of Evolutionary Trees

New research headed by scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) has demonstrated how the three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary ...
AOL

Study shows how snakes got an evolutionary leg up on the competition

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to tree ...
Yale Environment 360

Trove of genetic data yields insights into primates’ evolution

A new dataset of genetic information collected from 233 primate species, the largest and most complete of its kind, promises to yield insights into primates’ evolutionary biology and how genetics ...
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AIgorithm Helps Evolutionary Biologists See Where Bird Species Are Perched on Phylogenetic Tree

Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify avian lineages. Indeed, such tools have enabled ...
Nature

Evolutionary Algorithms for Decision Tree Induction

Evolutionary algorithms have emerged as a robust alternative to traditional greedy approaches for decision tree induction. By mimicking the natural selection process, these algorithms iterate over ...
Science Daily

Scientists decode DNA of white oak tree

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...