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human evolution

Woman walking againt the skyline with walking poles

Humans

Our brains always plan one step ahead of our bodies when we walk

A brief glimpse of upcoming terrain one stride ahead of time enables your brain to make sure your next footfall hits the right spot

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Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

Life

Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

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First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

Life

First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

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Australia

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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mudskippers

Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Features

People looking through window at a hopsital nursery with abies in cots

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

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Raven

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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fossil teeth

Humans

A mouthful of history: How teeth reveal our evolutionary past

Culture

crab spider on a flower

Life

Spiders lure bees for dinner by making flowers look flashier

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Excavations in the Denisova cave

Humans

Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

Genetic analysis shows a tooth from the Denisova cave in Siberia is only the fourth specimen from elusive early humans who lived alongside Neanderthals

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Life

Frogs may have evolved the first kneecaps on Earth

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Life

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

Culture

Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

Culture

Life

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

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