Evolution
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New study reveals genes that ‘don’t play well together’ in swordtail fish hybrids, driving the development of distinct species
The researchers have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility, a phenomenon that raises reproductive barriers between species and evolutionarily splits them apart.
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Stanford course delves into the history and biology of chili peppers
A course on chili peppers covers history, anthropology, biology, and culture, and includes a visit to a specialty pepper farm in East Palo Alto.
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Stanford researcher sees evolutionary math in March Madness basketball
If all the games in a single-elimination sports tournament are played sequentially in the same arena, in how many possible sequences can the games be played?
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Gene identified that governs defensive spines in stickleback fish
Finding by Stanford researchers supports the concept of progressive evolution in nature
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Marcus Feldman is honored by the SSE
The CEHG founding co-director and Stanford professor of biology receives the 2022 Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) Lifetime Achievement Award
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Stanford professor spotlights evolutionary tree concepts with campus trees
A century of attentive groundskeeping has turned the Stanford campus into a museum of mathematical phylogenetics, says Noah Rosenberg, creator of the Stanford X-Tree Project
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Modeling the role of conformity and anti-conformity
Marc Feldman's group offers a theoretical model to capture the movement of fads and tradition in a population
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Stanford study dives deeper into genetic differences between modern and archaic humans
A new look at 14,000 genetic changes since our most recent ancestors shows that differences in gene activation– not just genetic code– may underlie evolution of the brain and voice
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Tiger populations may require 'genetic rescue'
A new study in Molecular Biology and Evolution from Liz Hadly's group at Stanford and others reveals the lasting genetic impacts of increased isolation among different tiger popula
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Q&A with Stanford’s Marcus Feldman on the extension of biology through culture
Biology Professor Marcus Feldman is a pioneer in the field of cultural evolution and has worked on diverse topics, including fertility control in China, the evolution of language a
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Researchers propose new paleontological theory
This article features CEHG-funded research, our Co-Founding Director Marcus Feldman, and community members Oren Kolodny and Nicole Creanza.
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How migrations and other population dynamics could have shaped early human culture
Bursts of cultural advance are usually assumed to result from climate or biological changes. A new theory digs into how humans innovate, and suggests such bursts could be the re...
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CEHG grant-funded publication, "Evolution in Leaps"
Archaeological accounts of cultural change reveal a fundamental conflict: Some suggest that change is gradual, accelerating over time, whereas others indicate that it is punctua...
