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human evolution

An adult female Neanderthal hand and arm from the left side.

Humans

Neanderthals had dexterous hands that could have held tools like a pen

Our extinct Neanderthal cousins had big bulky hands that look clumsy, but their bones reveal that they could hold objects in the same way we hold pens

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Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

Life

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

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Ediacaran fossil

Earth

Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob

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Busy high street

Humans

People are more clued up about science than you might think

Leader

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits a school in Istanbul

Comment

It's an outrage that Turkey is ditching Darwin from science textbooks

Comment

A volcano on Flores

Humans

Volcanic eruption may have helped drive real-life hobbits extinct

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face

Humans

The 'me' illusion: How your brain conjures up your sense of self

Features

bonnethead shark

Life

We've discovered a shark that eats plants as a side dish to shellfish

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Elk in the snow

Life

Elk gamble with their lives in spring to win a mate in autumn

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petri dish

Life

We have the power to halt evolution itself – should we use it?

Unwanted mutations are undermining food security and medicine. Controlling such evolution is now possible and tempting, but there will be unintended consequences

Leader

Life

Evolution is making us sick and for the first time we can stop it

Features

Life

Colourful clownfish carry an unusual health warning for predators

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Humans

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species

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Earth

Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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