Post-2015 development agenda should be clear of conditionalities: India

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 13:37

India welcomed the review of UNDP's Evolution Policy, which has been recently conducted but said that the very purpose of any evaluation exercise is defeated if there is no compliance with any of its recommendations.

Efforts in US to mark Feb 12 as `Darwin Day`

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 15:52

As scientists the world over prepare to celebrate the 205th birthday of Charles Darwin - known as father of evolution - that falls Feb 12, US lawmaker Rush Holt has re-introduced a resolution in Congress to declare the day as `Darwin Day`.

Belly helped humans develop four limbs

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:30

Backboned animals, at least the ones with jaws, have four fins or limbs, one pair in front and one pair behind and these have been modified dramatically in the course of evolution.

Europeans got lighter skin only 7,000 years ago?

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 16:25

Debunking the theory that lighter skin gradually arose in Europeans nearly 40,000 years ago, new research has revealed that it evolved much recently -- only 7,000 years ago.

Secret behind salamander`s `gravity-defying jump` revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 12:55

A graduate researcher has shed light on salamander`s "unique" jump that defies laws of gravity and the fact that humans can develop entirely new ways of getting off the ground based on the new study.

How scorpions got their venomous sting

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 12:53

A team of researchers has found that a common protein used as part of the scorpion`s immune system was the origin of the scorpion`s venom.

How multicellularity evolved

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10:39

A plant evolutionary biologist has now reviewed the history of multicellularity and the changes that cells must have had to go through - like aspects of their shape, function, structure, and development - in order to be able to functionally combine with other cells.

How height turned to might during prehistoric organisms` evolution

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 12:28

Researchers have suggested that height may have offered a distinct advantage to the earliest forms of multicellular life.

Where animals fall on the lover/fighter scale

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 12:18

Researchers have found that where animals` position on the lover/fighter scale depends on how much they are able to ensure continued mating rights with females.

`Human evolution likely led to rise of religion`

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:53

A team of researchers have found that brain interactions were different between religious and non-religious subjects.

375 million-year-old fish fossil reveals evolution of hind limbs

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 04:46

Researchers have discovered a well-preserved pelves and a partial pelvic fin from Tiktaalik roseae, a 375 million-year-old transitional species between fish and the first legged animals, which has revealed that the evolution of hind legs actually began as enhanced hind fins.

Dinosaurs` foot-prints found in Jaisalmer

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 19:15

A team of foreign and Indian scientists have spotted the foot-prints of Dinosaurs at Thaiat village in Jaisalmer district, the sources said on Monday.