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Evolution

The Mystery of the Cave Cats 

Ice age skeletons could reveal secrets of small cat evolution.

October 17, 2024

The Last Hominin Standing

A new theory argues humans evolved through competition.

September 26, 2024

Puberty Hasn’t Changed Since the Ice Age

The blueprint was set at least 25,000 years ago.

September 19, 2024

When the Composer Is a Geneticist

Jenny Graves tired of singing about Adam and Eve. So she wrote a creation oratorio based on science.

July 26, 2024

A Crystal Ball for Evolution

Long-term evolution may be more predictable than we assumed.

May 28, 2024

These Eyes Shine Light on the Path of Evolution

The visual systems of a group of mollusks reveal how future evolution depends on the past.

March 19, 2024

Evolution Is Going According to God’s Plan

In the new book Purpose, a Yale psychiatrist argues Darwinian forces are divinely guided.

February 28, 2024

Evolution Led Humans into a Trap

The cultural forces that fueled our success now threaten to end it.

January 5, 2024

What You Don’t Know About Sperm

A remarkable tale of evolution.

January 3, 2024

A Peculiar Fish and an Evolutionary Mystery

What we can learn from the macabre diets of a curious species of cichlids.

December 4, 2023

Thank Eve for Human Evolution

It’s females who vaulted biological hurdles and forged our evolutionary success.

November 29, 2023

My 3 Greatest Revelations

Joseph LeDoux on writing his new book, "The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human."

November 17, 2023