The global climate is changing and many species are responding by shifting their distributions to track climate changes. Thus species are expanding northwards as new areas become suitable, but disappearing from other locations that become too hot and dry. The fascination of the general public for recording animals and plants in Britain has provided a […]
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Alfred Russel Wallace: The great evolutionary theorist
Our understanding of evolution via natural selection was not pioneered by just one person. A tribute to the remarkable Alfred Russel Wallace.
How to clone a mammoth: The science of de-extinction
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, takes us through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction.
Where did you come from?
“Where Did You Come From? From Genealogy to Genes … From Family History to the History of our Species “
De-extinction
Find out the latest on bringing back extinct species and perhaps one day; a Neanderthal …