When did humans evolve to hear speech?

Sam Wong | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Anthropologists have estimated the ...

Is science being used to justify racist beliefs?

Carson Byrd, Matthew W. Hughey | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Recently, Jennifer Cramblett lost ...

Gold particles, Darwinian evolution: Unlikely combination joins to carry out computing

Bas den Hond | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Move over, microchip. A ...

John Hawks, Homo naledi discoverer, discusses whether he’s identified new species

John Hawks | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  We’ve gotten lots of ...

Alabama to require teaching ‘controversial’ theory of evolution in schools, with disclaimer

Zoë Schlanger | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  This school year, Alabama ...

What can a tiny worm tell us about human brains?

Cornelia Bargmann | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Cornelia Bargmann, a neurobiologist ...

Open source ‘tree of life’ shows evolution of every species ever

Jessica Mendoza | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Scientists have released the first ...

Are antibiotics, plight of gut microbes responsible for obesity epidemic?

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Eat less, move more ...

Ancient DNA reveals modern humans evolved much earlier than thought

Ann Gibbons | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  In a remarkable technical ...

GM humans? Genes ‘jump’ naturally between species all the time

Gautam Naik | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Scientists have discovered a ...

Evolution of Everything book review: Does Darwinian evolution apply to all of human culture?

John Gray | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Matt Ridley has made ...

Was ‘Plague of Athens’ 2,400 years ago actually an Ebola epidemic?

Simon Davis | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  In the summer of ...
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Is genetic engineering research a constitutionally protected right?

Jason Koebler | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  The dawn of cheap ...

Fetal cells stay in mom’s body long after pregnancy

Carl Zimmer | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Recently, a team of ...

Largest genome sequencing database released globally

Rebecca Burbidge | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Initial results from the largest ...

Homicide or humanity: What makes humans human?

Mark Strauss | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  What a piece of ...

Despite media hype, no evidence trauma is inherited in genes

Ewan Birney | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Recently, the Guardian published ...
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Homo naledi–Is it an undiscovered new human species?

Two years ago, several skeletons belonging to an unknown species of early human lineage were discovered in the Rising Star ...

First sequenced ancient Mediterranean genome fills gap in human history

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  An international team of ...

What really sets humans apart form other species?

Cathleen O'Grady | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Ever since Darwin, the ...

Who owns remains of new human species Homo naledi discovered in South Africa?

Amy Ellis Nutt | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  After the stunning announcement about ...
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Nathaniel Comfort slams Richard Dawkins’ ‘Brief Candle in the Dark’ as outdate science

Nathaniel Comfort | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  In Brief Candle in the ...

Sometimes, genes make blue-footed boobies (and us!) ‘selfish douchebags’

Erik Vance | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  In my last post ...

Endangered species’ genomes help conservationists judge risk of extinction

Samantha Mathewson | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Some species may face ...

Romantic relationships may have evolved due to menopause

Diane Kelly | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Menopause is one of ...
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Catch the kids: Argentinian grandmothers use DNA to track down stolen children

Erin Blakemore | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  It’s been over 30 ...

Babies leave stem cell imprint in mom’s body long after birth

Ed Yong | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  A mother’s children will ...
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