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American Ape

by Longreads January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

An excerpt from issue 134 of The Atavist Magazine.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 28, 2019October 19, 2022

Robert Gatenby, a radiologist in Tampa, Florida, is rethinking cancer as a chronic illness: studying the link between cancer and Darwin’s principles and finding a way to “outsmart it rather than carpet-bomb it.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Darwinian View of Our Storytelling Species

by Aaron Gilbreath March 11, 2019October 19, 2022

What the history of folktales reveals about the role storytelling played in human evolution.

Posted inPodcasts, Quotes, Science & Nature

On Saving the Cuban Crocodile from American Invasion

by Krista Stevens June 21, 2018October 19, 2022

“…female Cuban crocs, who might normally struggle to find a mate from their own small population, suddenly encounter exotic suitors of an appealing size and shenanigans ensue.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Civilization Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Better, Right?

by Aaron Gilbreath September 19, 2017October 19, 2022

Cultivating crops led to permanent settlements, but also greed and exploitation. Was it all worth it?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Evolution and Chill: Survival Is No Longer Just About Competition

by Aaron Gilbreath March 29, 2017October 19, 2022

Scientists are taking a second look at the effect of cooperation on evolution.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

‘When Neanderthals Disappeared From Here, We Became the Sole Inheritors of Our Continent’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 10, 2017October 19, 2022

In Gibraltar, science writer Gaia Vince discovers that analyzing the genetics of ancient humans means changing ideas about our evolution.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What Does It Mean To Be Human?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 10, 2017October 19, 2022

How much of your DNA is Neanderthal? In Gibraltar, Gaia Vince analyzes the genetics of ancient humans.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What Would Happen if Life on Earth Started Over Again?

by mikedang June 23, 2014October 19, 2022

At Nautilus, science reporter Zach Zorich examines the following question: If the world began again, would life as we know it exist? In science and evolution, this is a discussion of convergence vs. contingency. Scientists like Richard Lenski, an evolutionary biologist at Michigan State University, are conducting experiments in the lab to test out their […]

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