Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage – but we’re still paying the price
Many evolutionary changes also come with costs.
Laurence D. Hurst, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at The Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath •
conversation
Feb. 28, 2024 • ~7 min
Feb. 28, 2024 • ~7 min
Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
The Nobel Prize-winning Luria−Delbrück experiment showed that random mutations in bacteria can allow them to develop resistance by chance.
Qi Zheng, Professor of Biostatistics, Texas A&M University •
conversation
Feb. 22, 2024 • ~7 min
Feb. 22, 2024 • ~7 min
Men become less fertile with age, but the same isn’t true for all animals – new study
Understanding how the ageing of sperm works in other animals is more important than ever as human male fertility is in decline.
Regina Vega-Trejo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford •
conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
How long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 years
A new discovery is shedding more light on the overlap between the two species of human, despite the challenges of exploring this distant time
Rick Schulting, Professor of Scientific and Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Oxford •
conversation
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~9 min
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~9 min
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