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Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

Lucy was not a missing link in the tidy sense. Her bones show that the traits we call human arrived in pieces, not in one dramatic evolutionary leap. Lucy is often introduced as if she were a creature ...

As humans, it’s important to remember that some of our oldest primate ancestors were apelike creatures. Besides our much larger brains and visibly obvious differences, such as facial features, one ...

"This book arises out of a joint meeting between the Centre for Ecology and Evolution (CEE), University College of London (UCL), and the Linnean Society, held in the meeting rooms of the Linnean ...