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To discover the truth about diet and exercise, we need to look at our evolutionary past, says anthropologist Herman Pontzer [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our modern conception of evolution started with Charles Darwin and his idea of natural selection – "survival of the fittest" – to explain why certain individuals thrive while others fail to leave a legacy. Then came genetics to explain the underlying mechanism: changes in organisms caused by random mutations of genes. Now this powerful picture is changing once more, as discoveries in genetics, epigenetics, developmental biology and other fields lend a new complexity and richness to our greatest theory of nature. Find out more in this 12-page feature special. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the history of paleontological research into the evolution of early dinosaurs including the history of natural scientist Harry Seeley's classification of saurischians and ornithischians as different clades and his denigration of dinosaurs as a taxonomic term as well as the subsequent discovery of a bipedal, omnivorous common ancestor species which ultimately developed into sauropodomorphs, theropods, and ornithischians.

The article offers information on the evolution of life on the Earth. Topics discussed here include the cells of every organism on the Earth, new approach to evolution with modern life and works, and branch sprouting from trees. Also being discussed is the recreation of the building blocks of genes.

The article discusses research by David Lambert in which he studied preserved DNA, bodies and semi-fossilized feces from a frozen mass grave of Adelie penguins in Antarctica to discover their evolution, clues about climate control, changes in ice shelves and sea ice, and the impact of historical human activities such as whaling.

The article focuses on the modern synthesis of evolution which merged the heredity theory of monk Gregor Mendel with the theory of evolution by natural selection of naturalist Charles Darwin. Topics covered include the discovery that Mendel's studies had any relevance to Darwin's theory which led to the science of genetics, how the concept of genetics has helped solved a problem in Darwin's theory, and the response of the scientific community to the gene-centred perspective of evolution.

Would it be possible for humans to evolve into two different species in the future? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on newly identified crocodile-like animal living in China 3000 years ago helping in making sense of the evolution of crocodiles and the relatives showing huge gap between the gharial and the rest of the crocodilian.

When does a theory become a fact and who decides? (cont'd) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When does a theory become a fact and who decides? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides an answer to a question on why evolution happens.

We're not taking evolution into account properly in our pandemic strategy – here's why we must change tack, says Jonathan Goodman [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The glorious theory of evolution by natural selection has seen off all comers [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents questions and answers related to human beings and animals, namely, the evolutionary advantages of right- or left-handedness, whether handedness is present in animals, and whether ear size affects the hearing of people.

Evolution naturally selects for biological complexity, creating ever-more sophisticated creatures and ultimately things like human beings. If that's what you think, read on... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Attempts to divide nature into neat units throw up intractable controversies, including possibly in our own evolutionary history [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the quantum world, uncertainty reigns – or is it all in the mind? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dinosaurs' sexual preferences may have driven evolution of flight [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses how Xenothrix mcgregori monkeys crossed the sea from South America to the island of Jamaica in the Caribbean and evolved into a new species that was unlike any other known monkey.

The article examines a study on the evolution of life on earth that suggests the first single-celled organisms existed at least 3.9 billion years ago.

The article offers information on the evolution of lizards. Topics discussed include some lizards reproduce and give birth to its young; small populations on the edge of the lizard’s range lay eggs; and lack of reason for the activity of common lizards in laying eggs. It also mention about the re-evolution of egg-laying by snakes called sand boas after 60 million years.

The article discusses the evolution of Blenny fish, who have been observed to have left the ocean and have started dwelling on the land in order to flee from aquatic predators, this incident has been said to be an example of evolution in action.

An illustration is presented that shows the Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

The article presents corrections to articles in previous issues, including the schedule of inspection of the blades of gas turbines and another on papers on evolution by Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin.

The article discusses the findings of Paul Shapiro at the University of Texas at Austin and his graduate student Bouha Li on how a goopy, dark form making up most of the universe's matter could have had a weird effect on its early evolution. Topics mentioned include brief information about dark matter, the difference of bosons, an alternative idea of dark matter, from weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) and ordinary matter, and the cosmologists' view of the universe's earliest moments.

The article discusses how biologist Emily Standen experimented with bichir fish, which can breathe air, to see if they could survive and adapt to life on land, and how their fins, skeletons, and skull bone attachments changed subsequently. Topics include the theory that plasticity of muscle, sinew, and bone allows animals to adapt and then mutate, whether plasticity can lead to heritable evolution, and the experiments of British biologist Conrad Hal Waddington.

The article reports that hundreds of human bones were discovered in a deep South African cave called the Rising Star cave from the Cradle of Humankind cave in October 2013. Topics include speculation on the potential effect of the discovery on knowledge of human evolution and details on the discovery of near-complete skeletons of the species Australopithecus sediba.