#TheWorldBeforeUs

The world has saluted Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday. He doesn’t sit in an armchair, but continues to work on television...

Last December, a remarkable discovery in Egypt jogged my memory on two counts. A papyrus found in the abdomen of a 1600 year old mummy at...

The discovery of DNA has had a massive impact on our understanding of human evolution. Foremost is the realisation that about 5 million years ago,...