evolution

Health news

The way humans evolved may be stopping us from solving climate change

While studying human evolution to find solutions for the growing climate crisis, researchers found a mix of encouraging and depressing results.

29/01/2024

Health news

Ancient human DNA hints at why MS affects so many northern Europeans

The findings finally offer an explanation for the north-south MS divide in Europe.

12/01/2024

Nature

Largest ever great ape went extinct due to climate change, study finds

The great apes stood 3 metres tall and weighed up to 295 kg.

11/01/2024

Green News

Global conservation mission plans to follow in Darwin’s footsteps

The expedition hopes to visit 32 ports including some of the world's most remote islands and the Galapagos archipelago.

15/08/2023

Nature

Black is the new green for Chernobyl's radiation-beating frogs

Almost 40 years after the Chernobyl accident, scientists found lasting effects in its frog population - but they had a plan.

15/10/2022

Green News

This mysterious walking shark ‘breaks all the rules’ of survival

This walking shark can survive without oxygen for up to two hours. As the climate changes, it could adapt even further.

19/08/2022

Health news

Why are humans the only primates able to talk?

A new study suggests that humans are able to speak while monkeys and apes can’t because our vocal anatomy is actually simpler than other primates.

12/08/2022

Health news

Parasite skin mites that mate on our faces evolving to be part of us

The mites teeming on our faces have long been blamed for certain skin conditions, but they may be our buddies after all.

22/06/2022

Nature

Human teeth were shaped by climate change, a new fossil reveals

The discovery of an extinct reptile has revealed the earliest origins of human teeth.

22/02/2022

Nature

This animal has survived for centuries without having sex

The long term survival of animals without sexual reproduction was thought to be practically impossible - until now.

23/09/2021

Nature

Birds are developing larger beaks to cope with climate change

As some animals are turning to shapeshifting to deal with the climate crisis, others are being left behind.

15/09/2021

Ethiopia

Fossil discovery reveals face of oldest early human ancestor

The ancestor's face has been reconstructed from a skull found in Ethiopia and is the direct ancestor of the skeleton, Lucy, found in 1974.

29/08/2019

World News

Researchers dress horses up like zebras in the name of science

A team of American researchers are trying to find out why zebras have stripes, and it involves blood-sucking flies.

22/02/2019