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human evolution

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

Life

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

A mutation in a single gene produced extra sweat glands in Asian people's skin, perhaps to help them keep cool in the warm and humid climate

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Life

Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

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All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Opinion

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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How was Earth's life kindled under a cold sun?

Earth

How was Earth's life kindled under a cold sun?

Features

Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

Life

Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

Features

Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

Life

Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

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Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby

Life

Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby

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Meet our last common mammalian ancestor

Life

Meet our last common mammalian ancestor

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Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

Earth

Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

It might sound incredible, but many animals are shrinking – and they will become ever tinier in the centuries to come

Features

Life

Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales

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Earth

Photosynthesis: Shaping the planet

Features

Life

Wallace: Wonders of nature have been solace of my life

Opinion

Life

Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

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