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Ancestors game

Technology

Video game Ancestors lets you meddle with the epic story of evolution

Ancestors is the latest attempt to gamify millions of years of evolution but doesn't have the excitement gene, says Jacob Aron

Culture

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals a lost branch of modern humans

Humans

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals a lost branch of modern humans

News

Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

Life

Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

News

Homo erectus

Humans

Ancient humans were weirdly slow to cross from mainland Asia to Java

News

Trilobite fossils

Life

Four great waves of animals have spread out from the tropics

News

Ngandong Excavations

Humans

Homo erectus lived recently enough that it may have met Denisovans

News

Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth

Space

Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth

Comment

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

Humans

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

Regulars

Volunteers working in soup kitchen

Life

Scientific truth doesn't exist – but we must still strive for answers

Leader

Volunteers working in soup kitchen

Life

No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist

If only the fittest survive, why do good deeds for no return? The enduring mystery of altruism goes to the heart of how evolution does – and doesn't – work

Features

Humans

D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think

Features

Humans

Think you understand how evolution works? You're probably wrong

Features

Life

We're beginning to question the idea of species – including our own

Features

Environment

Why is Earth so rich in oxygen? The answer is simpler than we thought

News