If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

In thoroughly enjoyable and edifying prose, Lieberman, professor of human evolution at Harvard, leads a fascinating journey through human evolution. He comprehensively explains how evolutionary forces ...

Insular evolution represents an exceptional facet of evolutionary biology, wherein species isolated on islands undergo distinct morphological, behavioural, and ecological changes compared to their ...

What are humans adapted for? -- Upstanding apes: how we became bipeds -- Much depends on dinner: how australopiths partly weaned us off fruit -- The first hunter-gatherers: how nearly modern bodies ...