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Will 2016 be the year the world finally lost interest in the paleodiet? Believe it or not, it’s already happened! ‘Peak-paleo’ passed without notice way back in January 2014. We’re often a little behind…
It’s often said that through our innovations in science, agriculture and medicine humans have become masters of our biological destiny. That we’ve seized control of our evolution, eliminating most of the…
One of the biggest surprises about our evolution revealed over just the last decade is the extent to which our ancestors engaged in amorous congress with the evolutionary cousins. Bonking the Neanderthals…
It seems remarkable to me that well into the 21st century we still have so much to learn about many parts of the human body. Organs we’re all very familiar with - ones we take for granted - still have…
Looking around at the natural world, have you ever wondered why some groups of organisms contain huge numbers of species while others are seemingly barren? Take insects as an example, animals which evolved…
A ground breaking new study of the bones of a 3.2 million year old human ancestor (‘Lucy’) has revealed that she died from the crushing impact of a fall from high in the trees. This exciting research published…
It’s an exceptionally rewarding, and also challenging, time to be practising science. Science has never enjoyed the level of public interest it does today thanks to rising education levels and that wonder…
The falling quality of journalism is accelerating with the looming death of traditional newspapers and magazines. Science reporting like so many specialist areas is also a victim of collapsing newspaper…
The internet abounds with “expert advice” on what we should or shouldn’t eat. High-carb or low-carb diets? Grains or gluten-free eating? Meat eating or veganism? Most of it promotes our food choices as…
It’s been a big year for the early human species Homo floresiensis - aka ‘the Hobbit’ - and the scientists who found it. Way back in 2004 this was the discovery that threatened to rewrite the textbooks…