How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution
6 February 2019
The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains
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AI wades into the debate on age of ancient Chinese cave murals
31 October 2018
The dates of some murals in the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas in China have long been debated, so researchers are using AI to help settle the row
The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?
21 February 2018
Deep inside our genome are bits of DNA we share only with animals such as dogs and cattle. Our self-domestication may have been a pivotal moment in making us human
The fossil finder who can't wait to return to war-torn Yemen
24 January 2018
Secrets about our origins could be hiding in a cave in Yemen, says Ella Al-Shamahi – if only she could get there
