Humans
Living in denial: Why sensible people reject the truth
Denialism satisfies deep emotional needs. That makes it easy to encourage and hard to counter, says Debora MacKenzie
Opinion
Environment
Neanderthals not the only apes humans bred with
News
Earth
Bahamas islands were giant labs for lizard experiment
News
Humans
Neanderthal genome reveals interbreeding with humans
News
Humans
Did we evolve a special ability for catching cheats?
News
Evolution gave flawed eye better vision
News
Life
Southpaws: The evolution of handedness
Features
Environment
What type of killer whale was Willy?
News
Earth
Living world: Why the tropics are hotbeds of evolution
Features
Life
Self-starter: Life got going all on its own
Given the right chemical ingredients, self-replication and the genetic code were all but inevitable
News
Earth
Supervolcano: How humanity survived its darkest hour
Features
Life
Talking evolved from walking in caterpillars
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Environment
Almost human: closest australopithecine primate found
News
Life
Achilles tendon is key to evolution of human running
News