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University of East Anglia research shows that evolutionary selection can explain the persistence of sex as dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring

New research from the University of East Anglia shows that an evolutionary force known as ‘sexual selection’ can explain the persistence of sex as a dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring. NORFOLK, UK, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Biologists have long puzzled … Read the full press release

Firm archaeological evidence: Faroes human colonization happened 300-500 years before the Vikings

The Faroe Islands were colonized much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings according to new research. 23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New archaeological evidence places human colonization in the 4th to 6th centuries AD, at least 300-500 years earlier … Read the full press release