Consciousness Could Be an Ancient Trait Evolved Millions of Years Ago, Not a Human Superpower
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Consciousness is the strangest thing evolution ever pulled off. It’s not a trait like wings…
Language Emerged From Many Roots, Not Just One
Summary: A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from…
How do genetic association studies rank genes?
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 19 November 2025 Genome-wide association studies and rare-variant burden tests are the two main tools for…
How Our Human Lineage Broke All the Rules of Vertebrate Evolution
A cast of the skull of Homo floresiensis, one of the hominin species analyzed in the latest study.…
How Human Hand Is An Organ Of Consciousness, Not Just Of Labour
The fossil hand of Paranthropus boisei and modern neuroscience challenge the old idea that labour created the human…
New Species of Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified in Argentina
A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur being named Anteavis crurilongus has been described by a team…
Starlink rise and spectrum delays blamed as rural internet provider Evolution Networks goes into liquidation
Manning told the Herald: “We have advertised the business for sale as a going concern. All interested parties…
Why Older Fathers Pass on More Harmful Mutations to Their Kids
Summary: Groundbreaking research has revealed that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm not only accumulate but…
Tiny Footprints of a Neanderthal Toddler Reveal the Deeply Human Story of a Family on the Move
A view of the Neanderthal trackway discovered at Monte Clérigo beach in Portugal, with two study authors. Image…
This Mysterious Creature Has the Most Chromosomes on Earth
Photograph of the Atlas blue butterfly, taken by Roger Vila, senior author on this paper. Credit: Dr. Roger…
Researchers Say Humans Are In the Midst of an Evolutionary Shift Like Never Before
AI-generated illustration. Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural…
AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?
Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mélissa Berthet found bonobos doing something thought…