Hacker News with Generative AI: Evolutionary Biology

Skin wounds in humans heal nearly three times slower than in other primates (phys.org)
A team of evolutionary scientists, dermatologists and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in Japan, Kenya and France has found that human skin wounds take nearly three times as long to heal as they do in other primates.

Human Biology, Science, Evolutionary Biology, Primates

19 points by bikenaga 8 days ago | 7 comments

Machine learning helps construct an evolutionary timeline of bacteria (sciencedaily.com)
University of Queensland scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Machine Learning, Evolutionary Biology, Bacteria, Science

6 points by docmechanic 35 days ago | 2 comments

Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth (theguardian.com)
For scientists, our earliest ancestor wasn’t Adam or Eve but Luca. Luca didn’t look anything like us – it was a single-celled bacterium-like organism. A recent study by a team of scientists based in the UK has delivered rather shocking news about this illustrious forebear.

Science, Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics

13 points by n1b0m 110 days ago | 0 comments

World's oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca (phys.org)
An international research team led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO | MBCN) have described a fossil animal that lived between 270 and 280 million years ago in present-day Mallorca.

Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Spain

9 points by pseudolus 143 days ago | 0 comments

Fruits (2020) (graphallthethings.com)
I got curious about the evolutionary history of the fruits we commonly eat.

Evolutionary Biology, Food Science, Data Visualization

147 points by yeknoda 195 days ago | 24 comments

Why do we have near-equal numbers of male, female babies, unlike other animals? (theconversation.com)
We know that boys and girls are produced in much the same frequency. But how – and why – is this 1:1 ratio achieved?

Biology, Sex Determination, Evolutionary Biology, Human Reproduction

6 points by olvy0 204 days ago | 5 comments

The Ultra-Selfish Gene (worksinprogress.co)

Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Selfishness

96 points by jml7c5 246 days ago | 20 comments

Self-Awareness Might Not Have Evolved to Benefit the Self After All (sciencealert.com)

Self-Awareness, Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology

62 points by indigoabstract 295 days ago | 67 comments