The very existence of kindness and altruism seems to contradict Darwin’s theory of evolution. So how could kind behaviour have evolved?
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Recent research suggests that humankind’s origins lay outside of Africa. This is the nature of science: a paradigm that cannot be questioned on a regular basis becomes a dogma.
Maeve, age 8, has a question that has stumped many scientists over the years. And that’s because it’s a surprisingly tricky question to answer. It depends a bit on what you mean by ‘person’.
Latest development in ‘Crete feet’ find serves as a reminder of the challenges facing dig sites.
Experts are intrigued by 5.7m-year-old footprints from Crete but argue we cannot yet know for sure whether they come from a human ancestor.
A new study can’t rule out the possibility that human ancestors lived on Crete at the same time as they evolved in Africa.
Larger brains lead to a broader social network.
Our huge brains help maintain complex social relationships, suggests research.
New paired research papers have pushed back by 100,000 years the time frame in which humans (Homo sapiens) are thought to have lived in Africa.
We can’t observe the brain activity of extinct human species. But we can observe modern brains doing the things that our distant ancestors did, looking for clues about how ancient brains worked.
A century-old case of scientific fraud illustrates how hard it is to untangle the truth when access to new discoveries is limited.
Cats evolved in hot desert regions where there were lots of small animals to eat. So they evolved feet that are perfect for pouncing on prey, climbing, scratching and jumping from great heights.
New research on Indonesian fossils reveals clues to an ancient expansion out of Africa.
How do scientists figure out when evolutionary events – like species splitting away from a common ancestor – happened? It turns out our DNA is a kind of molecular clock, keeping time via genetic changes.
Anthropologists gather clues about how our ancient ancestors lived from their teeth. What will future anthropologists make of us based on the fossilized pearly whites we’ll leave behind?
We have the penis of a monogamous primate yet our body sizes suggest our ancestors slept around a lot.
The way early humans learned to handle food could explain why the majority of people today are right handed.
New research uncovers the role of the primate baculum and may explain why humans don’t have one.
Scientists have long believed that our distant cousins are the placoderms, and ancient group of armoured fish. But a new study is casting doubt on that view.
Realizing that others’ minds hold different thoughts, feelings and knowledge than your own was thought to be something only people could do. But evidence is accumulating that apes, too, have ‘theory of mind.’
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Group Leader, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
