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human genome

Humans

Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

Studies earlier this year claimed that the extinct hominin Homo naledi buried its dead and produced rock art, but other researchers say the evidence is “non-existent”

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The caudate nuclei, parts of the brain affected by Huntington's disease

Health

Mutation behind Huntington's linked to higher childhood intelligence

Analysis

Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Humans

How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

Features

FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Eve, 1896, by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1896), pastel and gouache, 49x46 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); . (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Comment

Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

Culture

Humans

Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

Humans

The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

Features

Health

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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Humans

Why the ancient hominins of Asia are so mysterious

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The limestone spheroids of 'Ubeidiya

Humans

Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

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Life

Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for climbing down trees

Compared with monkeys, great apes have greater range of motion in their shoulders and elbows, which may help heavier primates climb down safely

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Humans

Our ancestors may have come close to extinction 900,000 years ago

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Health

Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Features

Humans

How prehistoric people settled one of Earth’s most extreme places

Comment

Health

We know almost nothing about thousands of proteins in the human body

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