Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being reported by a paleoanthropologist with the Institute of Human Origins at ASU.
A quest to gain a more complete picture of color vision evolution has led Biodesign Institute researcher Brian Verrelli to an up-close, genetic encounter with one of the world’s most rare and bizarre-looking primates.
ASU’s Gro Amdam is earning $1.6 million in research funds and the honorable distinction of ‘Outstanding Young Investigator’ from the Research Council of Norway.
Watching the ebb and flow of populations of fisheries around the world can provide some insight into understanding the effects of global warming on our planet, according to a group of researchers writing in the summer 2007 issue of Natural Resource Modeling.
Amdam, an assistant professor in ASU’s School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences’ Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, is one of 20 researchers chosen this year to enter the trusts’ exclusive rolls as a Pew Scholar in the biomedical sciences.
A team of researchers from ASU, Purdue University and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences has discovered evidence that honeybees have adopted a phylogenetically old molecular cascade and put it to use in caste development.
In a new physiological study of birds, a researcher at ASU has found that carotenoids appear to fight off the negative impacts that testosterone can have on an animal’s health.
Two assistant professors in ASU's School of Life Sciences have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation Career Awards. Manfred Laubichler and Jiunn-Liang (Julian) Chen, who has a joint appointment in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, are among the university's latest recipients to earn the much sought-after awards, which were created to recognize scientists and engineers who have the potential to become leaders in advancing knowledge in their fields.
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