Evolution
Zoology
Evolutionary history in progress
Studies aim to understand the processes of species diversification
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Charles Darwin
Darwin online
Cambridge Digital Library publishes high-resolution digitized manuscripts
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Galapagos Islands
Research under threat in the Galapagos Islands
Charles Darwin Foundation is in the midst of a financial crisis
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biota-fapesp education VI
Atlantic Forest is the theme of the 6th Biota Education
Talks stress Atlantic Forest's exuberance and the threats it faces
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Inselbergs
Birthplace of new botanic species
Rock outcrops may serve as birthplaces for plant species
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Science communication
From monkey to man
A permanent exhibit on human evolution on display in São Paulo
COVER
The first steps of a new species
Plants and animals differentiate by means of amazing mechanisms
Paulo Vanzolini
The sage of biodiversity
Zoologist Paulo Vanzolini was one of the brains behind the creation of the FAPESP
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HUMAN EVOLUTION
Traces of miscegenation
Human virus reflects migrations between ethnic groups in the state of Pará
Evolution
Luzia’s America
Excavations reinforce an alternative theory of the peopling of the continent
Evolutionary biology
The pioneers of South America
Brazilian marsupials came before Australian kangaroos on the evolutionary scale
Evolution
The Brazilian Galapagos
Lizards from São Francisco River express their own evolutionary histories
Forensic analyses
Skin color written in the DNA
Tests can reveal racial characteristics without the person
Computational Modeling
The defeat of the highlanders
Growing old can be an adaptive advantage
Primate life
The matriarchs of the forest
Coexistence with the mother increases the reproductive success of muriquis
Evolution
When hybrids are fertile
Unlikely cross breeds can create new species of plants and animals