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What Made Early Humans Smart

Walking upright made our ancestors easy prey. It also made them get smart.

June 30, 2021

Paving Over the Fossil Record

Why isn’t India doing more to protect its rare evolutionary record?

May 27, 2016

Strange Worms Are Taking Their Place on Your Family Tree

The Cambrian explosion of animal life now seems more like a whimper.

March 17, 2016

It’s a Fishapod!

The story behind the discovery of the four-legged fish.

February 9, 2016

Ingenious: Ian Tattersall

The meaning of home in human evolution.

December 5, 2013

Reading the Book of Life in Prehistoric Dung

“Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.

November 11, 2013

T. Rex Might be the Thing with Feathers

Behind every famous dinosaur are unsung heroes.

September 9, 2013