Human Evolution

Health & Medicine

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Book extract

How epigenetics is transforming our understanding of evolution

A new book reveals how a population’s non-genetic responses to environmental change are central to the process of evolution

Sciences & Technology

Understanding how a cell becomes a person - with maths

There are trillions of cells in the human body, and researchers are developing new mathematics to understand how they work

Health & Medicine

The evolution of schizophrenia

Researchers believe the genetic risk factors associated with schizophrenia may eventually evolve out of existence, but does this mean the condition will disappear?

Sciences & Technology

Human evolutionary history takes a rain check

Dating the rock layers in between, rather than the actual fossils in Africa’s ‘Cradle of Humankind’ is shedding new light on the time record and how early humans adapted to a changing climate.

Health & Medicine

Goosebumps can give us more than the shivers

These little bumps are much more than an evolutionary hangover - they could help stop cancer, treat burns and even cure baldness

Environment

Planting the seeds of sovereignty

Plants that interbreed usually create a hybrid, but new research reveals that sometimes a more dominant plant takes over

Sciences & Technology

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Podcast

Untangling our evolutionary history

Professor Bernard Wood on why greater evidence can make it even harder to trace our origins

Sciences & Technology

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Go Figure

Why don’t humans have tails?

Yes, there is a good tale behind the disappearance of tails from monkeys to humans