evolutionary biology

In PNAS this week: statistical method for gene regulation evaluation, sea urchin gene regulatory networks, and more.

A new study suggests that teaching secondary school students genetics before evolution bolsters their understanding of evolution.

Sequencing could help resolve Homo naledi's spot on the hominid family tree, but Jennifer Raff writes at the Guardian that its DNA has been hard to find.

New bills have been introduced across the US that aim to alter science education standards, according to Nature News.

A US lawmaker introduces largely symbolic legislation to honor Charles Darwin, the Associated Press reports.

In PNAS this week: genetic hints of adaptive evolution in Atlantic herring, ancestry of ancient individuals from the Pacific Northwest, and more.

Two manuscript pages handwritten by Charles Darwin are going on the auction block, according to the Los Angeles Times.