School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Family life just got even more interesting. And just in time for Christmas, writes Rob Brooks.

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The diverse and surprising ways we use human intelligence today suggest that we owe it to more than a handful of simplistic evolutionary scenarios, argues Rob Brooks.

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China needs creative solutions to the problems that unprecedented numbers of young men will cause as they come of age in the next two decades, argues Rob Brooks.

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A new study of ancient shoulder bones from Ethiopia has important implications for understanding the course of our evolution, writes Darren Curnoe.

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A modest amount of 'grandmothering' can lead to the evolution of an extended lifespan, suggests Rob Brooks.

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A group of female dolphins has been learning from their mothers to use sponges to help catch fish for at least 180 years, a study has found.

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If Tony Abbott wants to undo his damaged reputation with women, he needs to start in the right place. Simply calling himself a feminist will only lead to more trouble, argues Rob Brooks.

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To suggest that some forms of rape earn that name more legitimately than others, as Todd Atkin has done, is to defend the agenda of the rapist, argues Rob Brooks.

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It's high time we learned to adapt to our land of droughts and flooding rains, rather than failing time and time again to try to make it adapt to us, writes Richard Kingsford.

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Indigenous collaboration and bush skills are shedding new light on what killed off Australia's unique megafauna.

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