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Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins
Neanderthal adult male, based on 40,000 year-old remains found at Spy in Belgium. IR Stone/Shutterstock Penny Spikins, University…
Humans evolved with their microbiomes – like genes, your gut microbes pass from one generation to the next
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus Taichi A.…
A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction – new research
An artist’s impression of the Pantolambda bathmodon H Sharpe, Author provided Gregory Funston, The University of Edinburgh Sixty-two…
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
Kate Trinajstic, Curtin University and John Long, Flinders University In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region,…
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth
Artist: Tom Björklund / Moesgård Museum, Author provided Peter C. Kjærgaard, University of Copenhagen; Mark Maslin, UCL, and…
Why are bigger animals more energy-efficient? A new answer to a centuries-old biological puzzle
Nam Anh / Unsplash Craig White, Monash University and Dustin Marshall, Monash University If you think about “unravelling…
(How) Do You Smell That?
Did you get a whiff of that nearby restaurant’s cuisine as you walked by? In doing so, you…
Mystery solved: when mammals’ ancestors became warm-blooded
Tritylodon, a therapsid, reconstructed as a night dwelling warm blooded animal. Note the steam coming out of its…
Why does love feel magical? It’s an evolutionary advantage
Evolutionary psychology may explain why magical thinking is so central to love. Viva Luna Studios via Unsplash, CC…
Evolutionary tree of life: modern science is showing how we got so much wrong
Flickr, CC BY Matthew Wills, University of Bath If you look different to your close relatives, you may…