The Earth BioGenome Project was founded
On Nov. 1, 2018, the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) was launched, a global effort to sequence the genetic…
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Frances H. Arnold won a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the directied evolution of enzymes
On Oct. 3, 2018, the Nobel Foundation announced that Frances H. Arnold had won a share of the…
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The genome of bread wheat was published
On Aug. 17, 2018, The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published in the international journal Science a…
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The making of a human population uncovered through ancient Icelandic genomes
On May 31, 2018, deCODE genetics published new findings about the founding of the Icelandic population, and its…
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Yale scientist Gunter Wagner received the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
On Jan. 19, 2018, Yale evolutionary geneticist Gunter Wagner received the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the…
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Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
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Tarsier genome was sequenced by Washington University School of Medicine researchers
On Oct. 6, 2016, Washington University School of Medicine researchers announced they had sequenced the genome of the…
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The first ancient human genome from Africa was sequenced
On Oct. 8, 2015, a research team reported the first ancient human genome sequence from Africa. The genome…
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First-ever octopus genome sequenced
On Aug. 12, 2015, the Cephalopod Sequencing Consortium announced the first-ever sequencing of the entire octopus genome. Researchers…
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Genome of 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, was sequenced
On Jun. 18, 2015, a study, “The Ancestry and Affiliations of Kennewick Man” in the journal Nature, based…
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Researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches
On Feb. 11, 2015, researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches,…
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The genome sequence of the common marmoset was published in Nature Genetics
On Aug. 5, 2014, a team of scientists from around the world led by Baylor College of Medicine…
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The first Ancient North American genome was sequenced
On Feb. 12, 2014, scientists, led by ancient DNA expert Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen and…
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UW scientists unearth Neanderthal genes in modern humans
On Jan. 29, 2014, Neanderthal genes were unearthed in modern humans by University of Washington scientists Benjamin Vernot…
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Horse genome 700,000 years old sequenced
On Jun. 26, 2013, scientists announced they have sequenced the oldest genome to date—and shaken up the horse…
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DNA analysis unearthed origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization
On May 14, 2013, a University of Washington led team announced that DNA analysis had unearthed the origins…
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Genome of the coelacanth sequenced
On Apr. 17, 2013, an international team of researchers has decoded the genome of a creature whose evolutionary…
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Endangered Lemurs’ genomes sequenced
On Mar. 25, 2013, for the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes —…
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Scientists decoded genome of bonobo
On Jun. 13, 2012, in a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
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Draft sequence of the gorilla genome was published
On Mar. 7, 2012, an international team led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced they…
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Entire genome of extinct Denisovan human decoded from fossil
On Feb. 7, 2012, The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, completed the genome sequence…
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Researchers reconstructed genome of the Black Death
On Oct. 13, 2011, an international team, led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen…
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The genome of our closest relative, the Neandertal, was sequenced
On May 7, 2010, in a paper released in Science, an international consortium announced sequencing the genome of…
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DNA recovered from museum specimens of extinct moas, giant flightless birds
On Jul. 1, 2009, researchers from the University of Adelaide and Landcare Research in New Zealand have identified…
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A New Step In Evolution was Discovered
On Jun. 2, 2008, Carl Zimmer from the Long-Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE) reports the discovery of a a…
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Thomas Brock and undergraduate student Hudson Freeze published their discovery of Thermus aquaticus
In August 1997, Thomas Brock and undergraduate student Hudson Freeze published their discovery of Thermus aquaticus, which they…
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Analysis of genes in living organisms suggested that the world’s first animals emerged a billion years ago
On Jun. 14, 1996, an analysis of genes in living organisms suggested that the world’s first animals emerged…
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Horse Genome Project released scientific standards for genetic testing
On Dec. 12, 2018, the scientists behind the Horse Genome Project released scientific standards for genetic testing. The…
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CRISPR sequences discovered in the E. coli genome
In December 1987, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat) sequences were discovered in the E. coli Escherichia…
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Tennessee Governor signed a law that repealed the prohibition of teaching evolution
On May 18, 1967, Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington signed a law that repealed the prohibition of teaching evolution…
