Michael Marshall

Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs? Biological anthropologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts talks human exceptionalism, evolution and her new book Humans

For a big portion of human history, we shared the planet with other human species. What was that world like to be part of? How often did we interact with prehistoric humans - and would we have recognised the differences between them and us?

Revitalizar suelos urbanos como estos es el objetivo de un importante nuevo proyecto llamado URSOILL

Last year, The New Yorker revealed the late Sacks's "guilt" about his “falsification” in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, but is this story about more than just the facts?

Six teeth roughly 400,000 years old have yielded some of the first ancient proteins thought to belong to Homo erectus, providing molecular clues to their relationships with other hominins

An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 years ago

Solving society's problems with evidence is a work in progress, argues a must-read new book. The process is surprisingly new – and riddled with complexities, finds Michael Marshall

Pioneering geneticist J. Craig Venter, who revolutionized biology with his role in sequencing the human genome, died last week in San Diego. In this hour, we look back at Venter’s scientific contributions.

Craig Venter, one of the world’s most influential geneticists, has died aged 79. He leaves behind an incredible - and complicated - legacy.

Craig Venter has died aged 79. He was at the forefront of sequencing the human genome and synthetic biology but divided opinion in how he went about it

The Epstein-Barr virus seems to affect gene expression and cell signalling in a way that causes the autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis

Filtering a protein that may cause sepsis out from the blood has shown promising signs for improving survival

Many cities' soil is degraded and locked away under concrete, so a pan-European team is planning to revive them through nature-based remediations

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated

DNA analysis of 10 Neanderthal people is shedding light on why their populations declined 75,000 years ago - eventually leading to their extinction