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Evolutionary biology

Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

Maverick Life

Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

By Rob Brooks

One elephant remains in Knysna forest — should we reintroduce a herd or leave her be?

South Africa

One elephant remains in Knysna forest — should we reintroduce a herd or leave her be?

By Julia Evans

Climate change — deer do well, misery for meerkats

South Africa

Climate change — deer do well, misery for meerkats

By Maxcine Kater

Explainer: New study finds out how complex life was formed billions of years ago

South Africa

Explainer: New study finds out how complex life was formed billions of years ago

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

Newsdeck

Finish your antibiotics course? Maybe not, experts say

By AFP

Explainer: Has Africa lost its claim to the earliest human ancestors?

Africa

Explainer: Has Africa lost its claim to the earliest human ancestors?

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

Newsdeck

Karoo dog-sized predator hunted with venom long before snakes

By News24

Health-E News: Fighting the Superbugs

Maverick Life

Health-E News: Fighting the Superbugs

By Health-e News

Australia edges ahead of SA in oldest fossil showdown

Sci-Tech

Australia edges ahead of SA in oldest fossil showdown

By Kevin Bloom

Move over Darwin, mass extinctions are more powerful than evolution, claims scientist

Sci-Tech

Move over Darwin, mass extinctions are more powerful than evolution, claims scientist

By Theresa Mallinson

Analysis: Will the fake Cope please shut up

Politics

Analysis: Will the fake Cope please shut up

By Andy Rice

On the Origin of Species’ 150th meets a world that’s rather different

Sci-Tech

On the Origin of Species’ 150th meets a world that’s rather different

By Branko Brkic