Earth
The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple
Our taste for alcohol results from an evolutionary tussle between humans and yeast 鈥� one in which the microbes have often had the upper hand
Features
Humans
Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus
News
Environment
First farmers’ trash put wolves in the doghouse
News
Life
Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story
Features
Environment
Wolves bite back in the human world
Regulars
Life
The hologenome: A new view of evolution
Features
Life
Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction
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Humans
3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology
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Life
Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater
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Environment
Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?
When bats first took to the air, something changed in their DNA which may have triggered their incredible immunity to viruses
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Humans
Human hands evolved so we could punch each other
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Life
Dogs 鈥� great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs
Opinion
Humans
2013 Smart Guide: Searching for human origins in Asia
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Life
Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins
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