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human evolution

Macaque with stolen goods

Life

Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker

Long-tailed macaques living near an Indonesian temple have learned how to steal human possessions, including cash, and then trade them for food

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A classroom in Uttar Pradesh

Health

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

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A pair of cowpea seed beetles mating

Life

Traumatic beetle sex causes rapid evolutionary arms race

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Graecopithecus seems to be different from any other ancient ape found in Europe

Life

Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

Life

Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

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evolution artwork

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

Features

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Features

The Dresser formation

Life

3.5-billion-year-old fossils hint life evolved in pond, not sea

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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bird of paradise

Life

We may have the evolution of beauty completely wrong

Many male animals sport dazzling displays to attract a mate. But a new book says we may have misunderstood Darwin – and this is all about arbitrary aesthetics

Culture

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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Life

Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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Humans

First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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Life

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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