Henry Gee

Evolution: ending incongruence.

Recovering the true evolutionary history of any group of organisms has seemed impossible. The availability of large amounts of genomic data promises an era in which the uncertainties are better constrained.

On being vetulicolian.

Some curious fossils from the Cambrian period have been grouped into a new phylum, the Vetulicolia. All of its members are extinct, and their unusual anatomy tempts evolutionary speculation.

Museum research comes off list of endangered species

Natural history museums are shaking off their dusty image in a bid to show relevance to contemporary concerns. Central to a revival in their research fortunes is a unique contribution to our understanding of lifes complexity.

Evolutionary biology: The amphioxus unleashed

The genome sequence of a species of amphioxus, an iconic organism in the history of evolutionary biology, opens up a fresh vista on the comparative investigation of chordates and vertebrates.

Are we not men

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Biomechanics: Gripping feat

The adhesive properties of the feet of geckos are remarkable, enabling them to scuttle up walls and across ceilings. From force measurements on the hairs — setae — that cover the feet, it seems that the ‘stickiness’ stems from the rapid formation and breaking of intermolecular bonds between foot and substrate.

Zoology: you aren't what you eat.

An obscure marine worm does not belong among the molluscs, as had been thought. Rather, it has a claim to being the most primitive extant member of the group of animals that includes vertebrates.

Palaeontology. Return to the planet of the apes.

Fossil evidence of human evolutionary history is fragmentary and open to various interpretations. Fossil evidence of chimpanzee evolution is absent altogether.

Return to the Planet of the Apes

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Genomics: Return of a little squirt

The draft sequence of the genome of a dim and distant relation of vertebrates will allow closer inspection of vertebrate origins. Some people have been waiting more than a hundred years for this.