Evolution

We’re causing an insect apocalypse

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Feb 2019

About 45% of insect species will become extinct in a few decades because they can’t evolve rapidly enough in a world changed by human activities

Laziness: Lifeline or death knell?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Aug 2018

Sluggish snails prevailed, but Homo erectus may have died out because, honestly, why bother?

Ancient DNA changes everything we know about the evolution of elephants

Article Julien Benoit - 10 Apr 2018

DNA studies reveal that African elephants belong to a very successful and widespread family

Only dishonest mental gymnastics can hold up the hypothesis of race ‘science’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Oct 2017

Although it is totally discredited, its pervasive influence still colours perceptions because of its long association with empirical validity

Storytelling an evolutionary tool of our humanity

Article Jade Jacobsohn - 8 Sep 2017

"Sharing stories is an evolutionary tool that alters our minds," says the author.

Naledi is our spirit, not simply old bones

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 3 Oct 2015

Is evolutionary science racist? Should we reject the idea that we evolved from ape-like species?

Pope Francis: evolution and creation both right

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Oct 2014

Pope Francis has cautioned against portraying God as a magician and says it is possible to believe in evolution and creation.

Move with the times and you’ll defeat inequality

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Jan 2014

Technology has exacerbated inequality. But we should prepare ourselves for an increasingly tech-driven world, an act that could eradicate the problem.

Not so cocky: Roosters lose penises to please hens

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Jun 2013

Female chickens might have pushed their partners into evolving virtually no penis in order to make mating mutual.

‘Ancestor’ fossils show evolving early humans

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Apr 2013

Research into two-million year old fossils has found a genus of early humans that were right in the middle of evolving.

Ape genes show we have gorillas in our midst

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Mar 2012

Our ancestors made the evolutionary split with gorillas about 10-million years ago but we still share a remarkable number of genes with the great ape.

Earliest mammals sniffed their way to success

Article Staff Reporter - 19 May 2011

A new analysis of some of the earliest mammals shows their complex brains evolved in stages, starting with the regions that handle the sense of smell.

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