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Among members of my family, the word bath is pronounced "baff." It's not that we have some hereditary speech defect or obscure regional accent. It's because at one point or another, we all read Donald Barthelme's novel Snow White, a retelling of the classic fairy tale, and...
Biologists have also found plenty of evidence to support Darwin's other major claim: that different species share a common ancestry. Over the past 15 years, for example, paleontologists have found several fossils of whales with legs, linking modern whales to their terrestrial ancestors. Besides studying fossils, biologists can discover...
Growing hair, for example, is a trait that evolved only in mammals. One of the key proteins in our hair is known as alpha-keratin. Not long ago, some Austrian and Italian researchers decided to search for alpha-keratin genes in animals that lack hair. They found those genes in...
[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] DARWIN TODAY Species share a common ancestry, like branches on a tree Genetic studies confirm that different species have evolved from common ancestors. But DNA has also jumped from one species to another - turning parts of the tree...
As photographer Rosamond Purcell understands it, a common misconception plagues the relationship between scientists and artists: when these two fields interact, “an artist is regarded as a bull in a china shop,” Purcell says. However, two photography exhibits currently on display at the Harvard...