Research Articles
Rethinking Evolution: The Hidden Networks of Life's Family Tree
Explore how lateral and vertical transfer mechanisms are reshaping our understanding of evolution across biology, linguistics, and anthropology.
The Tree of Life's New Blueprint: Honoring Professor Tang Yan-Cheng's Legacy
Explore how Professor Tang Yan-Cheng revolutionized evolutionary biology using DNA analysis to rewrite our understanding of life's family tree.
The Smartscape: When Evolution Gets a Guiding Hand
Explore how intelligent systems are reshaping evolution through a landmark case study with great tits adapting to technological environments.
Beyond Biology: How Evolutionary Theory Is Unlocking the Secrets of Culture
Discover how evolutionary principles explain cultural phenomena like money, monarchy, and daily rituals through the groundbreaking framework of historical kinds.
Does Your Major Shape How You Learn Evolution? Anthropology vs. Biology
Explore how anthropology and biology students learn evolution differently, with comparative data on evolutionary understanding across disciplines.
Beyond the Selfish Gene: How New Sciences are Reimagining Evolution
Discover how epigenetics, Evo-Devo, and symbiosis are transforming our understanding of evolution, revealing a more collaborative and dynamic process of transformation.
Elephant Tusks and Natural Selection: Addressing Evolution Misconceptions
Exploring how naïve student models help identify and address misconceptions about biological evolution through the case study of elephant tusk evolution.
The Untangling of the Tree: Why Evolution Isn't a March of Progress
Explore how modern biology reveals evolution as a branching Tree of Life rather than a linear march of progress, challenging our understanding of biological advancement.
Evolution is Everywhere: How a Simple Biological Idea Explains Our Entire World
Explore how evolutionary theory extends beyond biology to explain human behavior, culture, and society through engaging experiments and data visualizations.
How Evolution Gets Real: Texas Scientists Revolutionize Teaching with Live Experiments
Discover how Texas biology and anthropology faculty are transforming evolution education through real-time experiments and innovative teaching approaches.