A great gift for your favourite Darwinists: 50 pages of clear thinking from
John Maynard Smith in Shaping Life. Part of a series of pocket books based on
the Darwin@LSE lectures, here you’ll find out what we know about how evolution
acts—and the scene of action, how genes shape embryos. Colin Tudge tackles
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers, a lament for the loss of the good life:
agriculture equals hard work. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
£4.99 each.
More from New Scientist
Explore the latest news, articles and features

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ
Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke
News

Comment
The bigger the lizard, the bigger the Wiki page, discovers ecologist
Regulars

Technology
New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work
Culture

Tom Gauld: 'My experiment is generating infinite power!'
Regulars
Popular articles
Trending New Scientist articles
1
A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp
2
Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brain activity
3
The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age
4
Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
5
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
6
Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?
7
Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria
8
What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa
9
At CERN's Antimatter Factory, scientists probe the mysteries of matter
10
Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science