Beachcombing for early humans in Africa
31 May 2013From the earliest modern humans to the present day, our species has evolved dramatically in both biological and behavioural terms. What forces prompted these momentous changes?
A museum for the future
05 Apr 2013The University Museum of Zoology contains far more than a record of the past. Ambitious redevelopment plans will enable enhanced use of its unique collections for research into global issues from climate change to conservation.
Ancient worm provides unexpected evolutionary link in our early history
13 Mar 2013Fossils of a creature that lived on the ocean floor 505 million years ago have been identified by scientists as those of a previously-unknown marine worm, now named as Spartobranchus tenuis.
Feeding limbs and nervous system of one of Earth’s earliest animals discovered
27 Feb 2013Unique fossils literally ‘lift the lid’ on ancient creature’s head to expose one of the earliest examples of food manipulating limbs in evolutionary history, dating from around 530 million years ago.
Reassembling the backbone of life using a particle accelerator
14 Jan 2013New research shows for the first time the intricate three-dimensional structure of the backbone in the earliest four-legged animals (tetrapods).
From fins to limbs
11 Apr 2012Tonight Cambridge vertebrate palaeontologist Professor Jenny Clack is the subject of BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds series. The programme looks at her contribution to our understanding of early tetrapods - the first four-legged creatures to walk on earth.
Human's oldest ancestor found
06 Mar 2012Most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans, discovered.
Back ache: it’s been a pain for millions of years
21 Mar 2011Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
01 May 2009Cambridge anthropologists are increasingly looking at human evolution not just as a path through the remote past, but also as a way to explore humanity today.
Taking the long view on climate change
01 Sep 2007Cambridge Earth Scientists are contributing to our understanding of the climate system by studying the history of climate change recorded in sediments deposited on the sea floor.
