Research Articles
Toward a Falsifiable Theory of Evolution
Exploring how evolutionary biology meets the fundamental criterion of scientific falsifiability through evidence-rich predictions and testing.
The Spectrum of Biological Events: An Insight Beyond the Modern Synthesis
Exploring how evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is expanding our understanding of evolution beyond the Modern Synthesis framework.
Evolution in a Test Tube: Witnessing Life's Greatest Drama in the Lab
How scientists use flasks and petri dishes to replay the tape of life through laboratory simulations of evolution.
The Silent Sculptor: How Development Directs the Course of Evolution
Exploring how evolutionary developmental biology reveals development's role as a powerful guide in evolution, constraining and enabling biological innovation.
The Storytelling Animal: How Evolution Shapes the Books We Love
Explore how evolutionary biology and neuroscience reveal why we love stories and how our brains process literary experiences.
Disruptive Evolution: How Redundancy and Experimentation Drive Innovation in Nature and Science
Explore how functional excess, experimentation, and disruptive selection drive evolutionary innovation in nature and science through cutting-edge research.
The Time Detectives: How Scientists Trace Evolution's Elusive Timeline
Explore how scientists locate and quantify uncertainty in evolutionary divergence time estimation using stochastic models and molecular clocks.
The Ladyslipper and I: How a Flower Shaped a Revolutionary Evolutionary Botanist
Explore the remarkable connection between G. Ledyard Stebbins and the lady's slipper orchid that shaped modern evolutionary botany.
The Bird That Defied Geography: Unraveling the Mystery of the Suiriri Flycatcher's Leapfrog Evolution
Explore the fascinating evolutionary mystery of the Suiriri flycatcher complex and its leapfrog pattern of evolution across South American ecosystems.
The Surprising Evolutionary Force That Shaped Human Culture
Discover how horizontal information transfer, similar to horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, shaped human culture and transformed evolution.