Humans
Suite of chatterbox genes discovered
A set of 116 genes influenced by Foxp2 could have coevolved to give humans language
News
Humans
Stone Age humans crossed Sahara in the rain
News
Life
Was life founded on cyanide from space crashes?
News
Environment
Nicky Clayton: Dancing with Darwin
Books & Arts
Humans
Why did our species survive the Neanderthals?
Books & Arts
Humans
Chinese challenge to ‘out of Africa’ theory
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Earth
Microbes’ globe-trotting has made them less diverse
News
Life
Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too
News
Environment
Dangling stockings reveal whales’ sex drive
News
Humans
Earliest evidence of humans thriving on the savannah
Humans were settled on open grassland in Africa as early as 2 million years ago, making stone tools and using them to butcher zebra and other grazers
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Humans
‘Missing link’ Ida lacks evolutionary insights
News
Health
Meet future woman: shorter, plumper, more fertile
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Humans
‘Monkey trial’ drama is more than a defence of evolution
News
Humans
Richard Leakey: Passionate, prickly and principled
Opinion