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Not tiny animals, just algae: Study challenges evidence for early animal life on Earth

May 16, 2026 9:18 am

Advanced imaging at a particle accelerator has debunked the theory that ancient rock markings were animal origins

Humans are still evolving, major DNA study suggests

May 01, 2026 9:07 am

New research shows natural selection continues to shape modern humans, influencing traits from red hair to hair loss risk.

In Good Faith: Humanity is its own greatest threat. Unless it changes tack

April 16, 2026 11:12 am

The Anthropocene may be remembered as the age when humans became a planetary force. It may also be remembered as the moment we were forced to choose what kind of force we wished to be

Moroccan cave fossils yield a possible missing link in human evolution

January 08, 2026 6:49 pm

Hublin remained noncommittal on the identity of the Moroccan fossils.

Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making

December 12, 2025 9:21 am

“A lot of people had a hunch that they were making fire at this date,” said Nick Ashton, an archaeologist at the British Museum and an author of the study. “But now we can convincingly say, ‘Yeah, this was the case.’

The mystery of how anacondas became giant 12 million years ago and never needed to grow again

December 05, 2025 5:35 pm

The new study confirms that the evolutionary stability shown by anaconda is extremely rare

Telescopefish: Meet the supervillain lurking in the deepest part of the ocean

September 09, 2025 2:30 pm

In the darkest depths of the ocean, the eerie and elusive telescope fish thrives with alien-like eyes, extendable jaws, and a stealthy ambush game straight out of sci-fi.

In the Age of Tech, Social Sciences can help us see the future

July 08, 2025 12:32 pm

The real value of our models is not that they tell us about our past, but that they help us to read the signs and understand when the outwardly healthy systems we live in might actually be in distress. They serve as a compass helping us to project ahead and anticipate the future

What bonobos can teach us: Make love, not war

April 16, 2025 5:52 pm

Humans' evolutionary cousins offer an alternative imagination of survival and being: Built on kindness, cooperation, communication

The Third Edit: A new history of the human race, one footprint at a time

November 29, 2024 11:31 pm

Kenya’s findings can turn a page in our study of human evolution and ask an imperative question - which ‘fittest’ species survived?

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