Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a recent study from McGill University has found.

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20.02.2025

From the Ice Age to now: How repeated invasions have shaped New Zealand bird life

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

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21.02.2025

Insights into evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of evolvability

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on evolutionary processes.

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21.02.2025

The inner ear of Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic origin

New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity. The findings, based on fossil samples from Atapuerca (Spain) and Krapina (Croatia), as well as from various European and Western Asian sites have been published in Nature Communications.

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Proactively exposing ecosystems to mild environmental stressors offers protection, study finds

From the Ice Age to now: How repeated invasions have shaped New Zealand bird life

Insights into evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of evolvability

The inner ear of Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic origin

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