Human Evolution is More a Muddy Delta than a Branching TreeThe Lena River Delta in Siberia/LandSat NASA By Dr. John Hawks / 02.08.2016 Professor of Anthropology University...
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Primate Vocalizations are Much More than GibberishChimpanzees use alarm calls to inform each other of danger. / Ronald Woan, Flickr Nonhuman primates clearly...
Prehistoric Humans are Likely to have Formed Mating Networks to Avoid InbreedingEarly humans seem to have recognised the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and developed surprisingly sophisticated...
Origin of Life: Transitioning to DNA Genomes in an RNA WorldThe unexpected ability of an RNA polymerase ribozyme to copy RNA into DNA has ramifications for understanding...
When Evolution is Not a Slow Dance but a Fast Race to SurviveAfghan refugee Maimuna, photographed in Kabul in 2016. Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/Epa/REX By Wendy Orent / 11.08.2017 Anthropologist...
Evolutionary Diets, Modern Food, and MalnutritionBy Neil Schoenherr / 11.01.2017 Senior News Director, Law and Social Network Washington University, St. Louis Malnutrition...
Older Neandertal Survived with a Little Help from His FriendsThe skull of a Neandertal known as Shanidar 1 show signs of a blow to the head...
Wallacea: A Living Laboratory of EvolutionSulawesi, part of the biogeographical region of Wallacea, is home to tarsiers – tiny, goggle-eyed creatures look...
Evolutionary Geneticists Spot Natural Selection Happening Now in PeopleAs genes are favored or phased out, human evolution continues. ktsdesign/Shutterstock.com By Dr. Molly Przeworski, Dr. Joe Pickrell, and Hakhamanesh...
Of Dogs, Apes, Humans – and LanguageBy Dr. Anne Reboul / 06.01.2017 Senior Researcher Institute for Cognitive Sciences-Marc Jeannerod It’s the late afternoon...
How We Evolved from Drunken Monkeys to Boozy HumansAt the Prague carnival. Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty By Dr. Robert Dudley / 12.19.2016 Professor of Integrative Biology...
How the Flu Changes within the Body May Hint at Future Global TrendsWhat can a single person’s flu infection tell you about how the virus changes around the world?...
Evolution of the EgoBy Anneloes Smitsman / 06.24.2017 Human Identity and Tribal Consciousness Psychiatrist, Carl Jung, founder of the School...
Neuromechanics of Flamingos’ Amazing Feats of BalanceHow do they do while sleeping what we can barely do at all? Carlos Bustamante Restrepo ...
Scientists Publish First Comprehensive Map of Proteins within Cells[LEFT]: In epidermoid carcinoma cells, that the protein SON (green) is localising into nuclear speckles, a substructure...
Brain-Imaging Modern People Making Stone Age Tools Hints at Evolution of Human IntelligenceThe stone flakes are flying, but what brain regions are firing? / Photo by Shelby S. Putt...
Is Humanity Naturally Good? Exploring Richard Dawkins’s ‘Selfish Gene’Lecture by Dr. Alistair McGrath at the Museum of London / 04.04.2017 Andreas Idreos Professor of Science...
Get Up Stand Up: A Brief History of Sedentarism and Why Movement is Good MedicineBy Tony Federico Journal of Evolution and Health (2016) Introduction Sedentary behaviors, like watching TV, have been...
What the Genetics of Ancient Humans Tells Us About OurselvesBy Gaia Vince / 03.07.2017 The Rock of Gibraltar appears out of the plane window as an...
Using the Placenta to Understand How Complex Organs EvolveDeveloping lizard embryo beneath placental tissues. Oliver Griffith By Dr. Oliver Griffith / 03.23.2017 Postdoctoral Associate in...
Those Pearly Whites: The Archaeology of Teeth – Their Historical and Anthropological ValueUpper teeth of a Neanderthal who lived about 40,000 years ago. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg By Dr. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg...
‘Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue’: Basic Transmission GeneticsGenetic transmission is the mechanism that drives evolution. DNA encodes all the information necessary to make an...
Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic Continuity between Stone Age and Modern Populations in East AsiaIn contrast to Western Europeans, new research finds contemporary East Asians are genetically much closer to the...
The Evolution of GratitudeBy Dr. Malini Suchak / 02.01.2017 Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation Canisius College “Thank...
Bag-Like Sea Creature May Be Earliest Known Human AncestorA tiny sea creature identified from fossils found in China may be the earliest known step on...
The Nature of Evolution: Selection, Inheritance, and HistoryEvolutionary tree / OneZoom Lecture by Dr. Stephen Stearns / 01.12.2009 Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology...
The History of Life: The Views of Aristotle and His PredecessorsBy Dr. John S. Wilkins / 08.05.2016 Honorary Research Fellow University of Melbourne Nature versus Humanity Before...
Proper Activity, Preference, and the Meaning of Life – In Search of a DefinitionBy Dr. Lucas J. Mix / 12.04.2014 Theoretical Biologist Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University...
Fossilized Dinosaur Brain Tissue Discovered for the First TimeResearchers have identified the first known example of fossilised brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The...
How Many Genes Does It Take to Make a Person?Do we contain the most elaborate set of instructions? / Shutterstock By Dr. Sean Nee / 10.18.2016...