Evolution Diary

February 22, 2007—Since the 1960s scientists have known that chimpanzees are able to make and use tools—behavior once thought to be an exclusively human trait. (…)

The first direct evidence that early Europeans were unable to digest milk has been found by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Mainz University. (…)

How do marine turtles return to the same beach to lay their eggs?
Marine turtles almost always return to the same beach to lay their eggs. (…)

February 22, 2007—In Antarctica’s Ross Sea, a fishing boat has caught what is likely the world’s biggest known colossal squid (yes, that’s the species’ name), New Zealand officials announced today. (…)

February 17, 2007—A miner from Mexico’s Chiapas state has made the find of a lifetime—a tiny tree frog preserved in amber that could be 25 million years old, a scientist recently announced (map of Mexico). (…)