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evolution

cerebellum

Humans

Brain's movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

The cerebellum at the back of our brains wasn't thought to have played an important role in human evolution, but a study of its epigenetics suggests otherwise

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The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins

Life

The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins

Features

chromosomes

Life

A species of yeast produces near-identical clones when it has sex

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Mice on opposite North American coasts evolved the same way

Life

Mice on opposite North American coasts evolved the same way

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artists image of cell differentiation

Life

Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs

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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how

Life

Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how

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comb jelly

Life

Animals with weird neurons may rewrite the story of brain evolution

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How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Humans

How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Culture

calcite crystals

Humans

People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

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vampire bat

Life

Vampire bats might avoid bitter substances to dodge indigestion

Vampire bat taste receptors react to "bitter salts" like magnesium sulphate – perhaps because drinking water containing the salts might react badly with the blood the bats eat

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Life

Large extinct Australian kangaroo spent half its life in trees

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Life

Llamas and alpacas carry genes from mysterious ‘ghost’ relatives

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Life

Bizarre 'manta shark' slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago

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Life

Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish

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