NATURE NEWS: EVOLUTION

Bowers may make males look bigger than they are.

Hump backed reptile may have sported primitive plumage.

Hump backed reptile may have sported primitive plumage.

A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.

A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.

The impact that a newly discovered species makes depends on the completeness of its lineage.

The impact that a newly discovered species makes depends on the completeness of its lineage.

Evolutionary biologists overturn long-held kin-selection theory.

Evolutionary biologists overturn long-held kin-selection theory.

Pinning longevity to benefits women bestow on their grandchildren may not be plausible.

Pinning longevity to benefits women bestow on their grandchildren may not be plausible.

Fossil leaf bears the telltale scars of insects infected by parasitic fungus.

Fossil leaf bears the telltale scars of insects infected by parasitic fungus.

Slashed animal bones suggest early hominins were chopping up predator kills earlier than we thought.

Slashed animal bones suggest early hominins were chopping up predator kills earlier than we thought.

Tracking centipedes and millipedes to their exact location in the evolutionary tree.

Tracking centipedes and millipedes to their exact location in the evolutionary tree.

Researchers wring evolutionary clues from gene sequence.

Researchers wring evolutionary clues from gene sequence.

Rodent population boom linked to bigger bellies and longer summers.