Mushrooms make up a crucial part of some monkeys’ diets, offering insights into the past.
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Biosphere 2 isn’t just the site of a famous human experiment. Today, scientists there work to understand how life emerges in barren environments.
Birds can seem amazingly social as they fly and roost together. But why do they really hang out? Let’s take a closer look at the social lives of birds.
A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as researchers previously thought it did.
For archaeologists, fossils sandwiched between volcanic ash layers are invaluable as geological time stamps.
A new study sheds light on how sharks colonised the oceans and became apex predators.
One ant mother raises two species under the same roof.
New research overturns decades of assumptions about how – and where – our lineage began.
7 distinct types of silk allow different spider species to build webs with various jobs – including to catch prey, tether themselves and protect their eggs.
A secret under-layer explains why songbirds’ colourful feathers look so damn good.
Australian goannas adapted remarkably well to harsh climates. Scientists looking for hidden bone structures in lizards may be a step closer to learning why.
Fundamentalists don’t necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must be false and work backwards.
Chimpanzees’ turn-taking shows skills that may have supported the evolution of human conversation.
Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.
Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum.
How someone speaks should be a lot less important than what is said. But that isn’t always the case.
The answer confirms scientists’ suspicion that when our planet’s climate crosses certain ‘tipping points’, truly catastrophic ecological collapse can follow.
Why human testicles are so different to chimpanzees’ and gorillas’.
Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts.
Rather than a clever survival tactic, tonic immobility might just be ‘evolutionary baggage’.
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
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