paleontology
What Made Early Humans Smart
Walking upright made our ancestors easy prey. It also made them get smart.
Paving Over the Fossil Record
Why isn’t India doing more to protect its rare evolutionary record?
Strange Worms Are Taking Their Place on Your Family Tree
The Cambrian explosion of animal life now seems more like a whimper.
Reading the Book of Life in Prehistoric Dung
“Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.


