Michael Marshall

Michael Marshall is a science writer focused on life sciences, health and the environment. He has a BA and MPhil in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. He has worked as a staff journalist at New Scientist and the BBC. Since 2017, he has been a freelance writer, published by outlets including BBC Future, National Geographic, Nature, New Scientist, The Observer and The Telegraph. In 2019, he was shortlisted for News Item of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers for his New Scientist article about a new species of early human. Michael's first book, The Genesis Quest, is about the beginning of life on Earth and was published to universal acclaim in 2020. He writes a monthly email newsletter about human evolution, Our Human Story, for New Scientist.