From biochemistry in our cells, which dates back to the first single-celled creatures living in the ancient oceans, to our arms and legs, which evolved when amphibians crawled onto land, our bodies are far older and more animal than we like to think. Alice Roberts explains more.
I had a lot of fun chatting about anatomy, evolution and embryology - and my new book HUMANS - with Mike Marshall of News Scientist. You can watch the conversation here:
youtu.be/tdzytD39vFI?...
New feature for @newscientist.com:
When it comes to explaining how life began, sometimes the old ideas are best.
Specifically, an idea put forward about a century ago and neglected for decades.
https://loom.ly/3-IbpNs
Physically, Homo sapiens isn't that special in the animal world. Bu...
"Humans: The evolution of a species" is out today in the US and Canada!
It's a lavishly illustrated account of our origins, written by a team of experts and also some hack called Michael Marshall.
https://dk.com/products/9780241682746-humans
YouTube video by New Scientist
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We watched that recently with our daughter and I was expecting it to be really dated and cringe, and actually as you say it surprised me by hitting home
We know that humans migrated out of Africa, but we sometimes get into a muddle about how and when and why - @newscientist.com
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529312-what-really-happened-when-ancient-humans-migrated-out-of-africa/
