Michael Marshall

An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing

The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosystems still had complex food webs despite the losses

Use of AI-based ambient listening tools is rising sharply in medicine, but research on their benefits and training about best practice are still sparse

Genetic evidence hints that there was a strong bias for male Neanderthals and female humans to mate, rather than any other combination

Rocks from a global ice age over 600 million years ago show records of an active climate

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence is revealing their pivotal role

Single-celled plants called microalgae produce an oil that can be transformed into a certified, drop-in sustainable aviation fuel

Recent findings show we’ve long underestimated the voyaging capabilities of stone-age hunter-gatherers

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave art that we don’t have the technology to date

The first people to reach the Kitsissut Islands off the north-west coast of Greenland were Indigenous peoples, who crossed over 50 kilometres of treacherous water

As 'corridor care' becomes routine in hospitals across the UK, Doctors.net.uk examines whether the telephone triage service is truly part of the problem, as many emergency medics fear

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like Malta and Australia

The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple sclerosis and lupus. But why do only some people who catch it develop these complications? The answer may lie in our genetics

Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have been fashioned as tools by an unknown species of ancient human

A trial will finally reveal whether limiting the time teens spend on social media really does affect their mental health