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human evolution

The mass extinction that might never have happened

Earth

The mass extinction that might never have happened

An ecological catastrophe 201 million years ago supposedly paved the way for the rise of giant dinosaurs, but it may not have happened that way after all

News

Destinies

Life

Is evolution about chance or fate? Well, it depends

Culture

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Life

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Culture

Researcher in the field measures skin colour

Humans

Gene study shows human skin tone has varied for 900,000 years

News

Cavefish

Life

Blind cave fish lost eyes by unexpected evolutionary process

News

Desert

Earth

Cold climate may have driven ancient humans’ move out of Africa

News

Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) in the desert near Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia

Life

Evolution’s rules mean life on Earth isn’t that varied after all

News

Bushfire near Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Humans

Exploding stars could have kick-started our ancestors’ evolution

News

We just found nineteen new species of gecko in one tiny area

Earth

We just found nineteen new species of gecko in one tiny area

News

beard

Humans

How to be Human: The reason we are so scarily hairy

We might seem less hirsute than other beasts, but we’re not, and this extract from New Scientist’s book How to be Human reveals why our locks are so strange

Features

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Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

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Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

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Life

Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought

News

Life

Ancient ‘sea woodlice’ had surprisingly complicated guts

News

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