Neanderthals were sprinters rather than distance runners, our study surprisingly suggests
A new study suggests Neanderthals may have lived in woodlands rather than tundras, meaning they were most likely sprinters.
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With all the focus on coronavirus, let’s not forget the other respiratory viruses
Five respiratory viruses everyone should know about.
Euro 2016: hidden nightmare of preparing players for an international tournament
Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
Parasites: what causes some species to evolve to exploit others
Even the most mutually-beneficial evolutionary relationship can turn sour.
Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries – we’re making new biodegradable materials to help
By combining plastic waste with durian wood sawdust, we may have found a way to slow the rise of plastic pollution in Indonesia.
Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen
It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.
What should we do about the 15,000 Asian elephants still in captivity?
Keeping such large, intelligent and endangered animals in captivity poses a number of ethical and practical challenges.
To save the African elephant, focus must turn to poverty and corruption
Poaching of African elephants has fallen, but the species is still at risk. Law enforcement and ivory bans help, but tackling poverty is key to stopping poaching at the source.
Camera traps completed one of the most thorough surveys of African rainforest yet
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
First Americans lived on land bridge for thousands of years, genetics study suggests
The theory that the Americas were populated by humans crossing from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge was first proposed as far back as 1590, and has been generally accepted since the 1930s. But genetic…
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