Curious Kids: How did some animals evolve wings to fly?
Today's birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: evolution birds dinosaurs feathered-dinosaurs curious-kids
Life on Earth: why we may have the Moon's now defunct magnetic field to thank for it
The Earth's magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: evolution atmosphere moon earth sun magnetism magnetic-fields life-on-earth solar-winds
South America is filled with mammals of North American origin but not vice versa – and scientists have figured out why
Why were mammals travelling south through newly-formed Panama so much more successful than those heading north?
Oct. 6, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution mammals panama biogeography
Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live
Local adaptation allows plants and animals to thrive in a diversity of places. Sometimes adaptation sharpens patterns of where organisms live, but 85% of the time, it creates a more homogeneous world.
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: evolution environment ecology trees forests charles-darwin adaptation
Chimpanzees in volatile habitats evolved to behave more flexibly – it could help them weather climate change
As in humans, environmental changes provoked chimpanzees to develop a diverse range of behaviours.
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution climate-change human-evolution forests grasslands savanna behaviour
When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence
Artefacts suggest a ‘great leap’, a recent evolution of modern intelligence. Fossils and DNA argue that’s an illusion.
Sept. 9, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: evolution anthropology human-evolution archaeology fossils intelligence
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead bodies, helping families find missing people
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution innovation agriculture plants microbes adaptation genetically-modified-organisms forensics genetically-modified-plants decomposition
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead people, helping families find missing people
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution innovation agriculture plants microbes adaptation genetically-modified-organisms forensics genetically-modified-plants decomposition
Humans aren't inherently selfish – we're actually hardwired to work together
The 'good' side of our nature is much more deep-rooted than the 'evil' side.
Aug. 20, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution psychology primates racism evolutionary-psychology early-humans modern-humans selfishness
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