Human Evolution
Health & Medicine
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
Podcast
Untangling our evolutionary history
Professor Bernard Wood on why greater evidence can make it even harder to trace our origins
Sciences & Technology
Go Figure
Why don’t humans have tails?
Yes, there is a good tale behind the disappearance of tails from monkeys to humans