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Evolution

Ice Age Europeans Were More Connected Than We Thought

A prehistoric French woman’s DNA tells the story

October 23, 2026

Was This Neanderthal Murdered?

A prehistoric cold case

October 15, 2026

Was Human Language Born Around the Campfire?

Our early human ancestors telling fireside stories may have propelled the development of speech by facilitating discussion of more abstract concepts

October 14, 2026

What Babies Learn From Spit-Swapping

Saliva is thicker than water

October 8, 2026

The Evolutionary Raw Deal of the Human Knee

Why don’t great apes have knee problems?

September 29, 2026

Ancient, Armored Fishes Crushed Jaw Evolution

Placoderms evolved unique approaches to the first-ever vertebrate jaws

September 21, 2026

The Story of Walking Upright is Written in the Bones of Our Ancestors

How we learned to stand on our own two feet

September 17, 2026

Why It Might Be Time to Rethink the Human Family Tree

The way we classify humanity’s ancient relatives is a mess. But there’s a simple fix.

August 19, 2026

Is Immortality Possible?

Nature has answered the same way for 3.5 billion years

August 18, 2026