Evolution and paleontology

• Caribbean volcanoes implicated in Cretaceous killing spree

  Osmium isotopes prove origins of mass-extinction event

  16 July 2008

• Snakes' venom chemistry varies with age and location

  Lancehead pitvipers give up their poisonous secrets in first 'venomics' study.

  16 July 2008

• The eyes have it

  Fossilized flatfish settle evolutionary conundrum.

  9 July 2008

• Fossilized feathers may hold a trace of colour

  Pigment remains might help to discern colours and patterns in feathered dinosaurs.

  8 July 2008

• In brief: Linnean Society celebrates seminal evolution papers

  2 July 2008

• Human evolution: Details of being human

  A difference in one molecule led physician Ajit Varki to question what sets humans apart from other apes. Bruce Lieberman meets a man who sees a big picture in the finer points.

  2 July 2008

• Online anthropology draws protest from aboriginal group

  South African tribe objects to multimedia images of remains.

  25 June 2008

• Monkeys understand money

  Capuchins can appreciate the purchasing power of tokens such as poker chips.

  11 June 2008

• Woolly mammoth family tree grows a new branch

  Two bands of woolly brothers roamed the Siberian snows.

  9 June 2008

• Unexpected origin of an early Eskimo

  But hair sample could have been from a wandering mercenary.

  29 May 2008