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Evolution Evolutionary biology Palaeoanthropology Palaeoscience

October 2, 2025 Niraj Rai

Ancient Chinese Skull Helps Uncover The Evolutionary Process, Origin of Homo sapiens

On reconstructing the cranium of the one-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil, reserchers found that the cranium contained both primitive and derived traits and concluded that it is representative of the H. longi clade, which is sister to H. sapiens and likely contained the Denisovans

Biodiversity Climate change Conservation Ecology Evolution Primates

July 1, 2025 Govindhaswamy Umapathy

How Climate Change Shaped Northeast Indian Primates

A study found that each species in northeast India responded differently to climate change — some expanded, others shrank, and some speciated. As climate change continues, knowing how species responded before can help conservationists design better strategies. This is important in northeast India, where biodiversity is high but research is limited

Banyan Tree in Pune, India

Evolution Genome sequencing Research

May 1, 2025 Prasad Ravindranath

Genes responsible for long lifespan of banyan, peepal trees identified

Seventeen genes in banyan and 19 genes in peepal with multiple signs of adaptive evolutionplayed a pivotal role in long-time survival of the trees

Evolution Fossils Research Science

August 29, 2018 Prasad Ravindranath

Only 41% in Haryana believe in evolution

Following Satyapal Singh’s denial of evolution, a small survey of over 1,700 individuals (both adults and children) from 12 States

Evolution Research Science

July 12, 2018 Prasad Ravindranath

Humankind’s odyssey from Africa began more than two million years ago

Michelle Langley, Griffith University Can you imagine walking 14,000 km? Trekking across wide savannas, down creek beds, along mountain chains

Evolution Research Science Science communication

January 24, 2018 Prasad Ravindranath

Aniket Sule, the scientist who torpedoed Satyapal Singh’s grand plan for evolution

“The petition addressed to Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh to retract his statement that the

Evolution Pseudoscience Research Science Science communication

January 21, 2018 Prasad Ravindranath

Three science academies denounce Satyapal Singh’s statement on evolution

In a first in recent times, three science academies in India have taken a stand and issued a statement denouncing Union

Evolution Pseudoscience Research Science Science communication

January 21, 2018 Prasad Ravindranath

At last, there’s a welcome push back by the Indian scientific community

Since 2014, starting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there have been many instances when members of the ruling party at

Evolution Nature

January 11, 2016 Prasad Ravindranath

Evolution “prevails” in South Korea

Published in The Hindu on September 9, 2012 Starting 2013, science textbooks in South Korea will continue to carry information

DNA Evolution Neanderthal

January 4, 2016 Prasad Ravindranath

Unlocking the secrets of human evolution

Published in The Hindu on February 19, 2009 Preliminary study of the Neanderthal genome reveals many thousands of differences between

January 4, 2016 Prasad Ravindranath

Charles Darwin: Filling the missing links

Published in The Hindu on February 12, 2009 In 1859, when Charles Darwin published his “On the origin of species”

January 4, 2016 Prasad Ravindranath

Rocking Charles Darwin’s tree of life

Scientists have proposed a web of life as lateral transfer of genes is seen in bacteria, eukaryotes, plants and animals

January 4, 2016 Prasad Ravindranath

Only a fraction of all species identified

Published in The Hindu on February 12, 2009 One hundred and fifty years since Charles Darwin published ‘On the Origin