‘we haven’t had long enough to evolve and respond to farming let alone the iphone’

11 AUGUST

Human

It all used to be so simple. The story of how we – that is Homo sapiens, today’s humans – emerged from Africa and spread across what’s become Europe and Asia was a neat, straightforward narrative. It

She was an anti-science Creationist but Ella Al-Shamahi now champions palaeoanthropology and is making some startling discoveries about our ancestors

ELLA AL-SHAMAHI on exploring the evolution of mankind

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