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Michael Marshall
New Scientist
Freelance science writer.
United Kingdom
biology
health
environment
Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?
- 8 days ago
Everything we know about long covid - including how to reduce the risk
- 20 days ago
Is social media fuelling a rise in eating disorders?
- about 1 month ago
Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred
- about 1 month ago
Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come
- about 1 month ago
Believing in Santa Claus doesn't make children act nicer at Christmas
- about 1 month ago
Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side
- about 2 months ago
How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans
- 2 months ago
Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
- 3 months ago
The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts
- 3 months ago
Do certain foods suppress inflammation and help you live longer?
- 3 months ago
Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench
- 3 months ago
More evidence that limiting social media won't boost your well-being
- 3 months ago
Readers deserve better from popular science books
- 3 months ago
How the evolution of citrus is inextricably linked with our own
- 3 months ago
Why Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain
- 4 months ago
When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?
- 4 months ago
Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book
- 5 months ago
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten
- 5 months ago
Geology’s biggest mystery: when did plate tectonics start to reshape Earth?
- 5 months ago
Dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid formed in Solar System’s outer reaches
- 5 months ago
Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery
- 5 months ago
Ancient plant artefact reveals humanity's epic journey to Australia
- 5 months ago
Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors
- 6 months ago
What is the optimal amount of exercise and how much is too much?
- 6 months ago
Ancient Denisovans hunted snow leopards on the Tibetan plateau
- 7 months ago
Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome
- 7 months ago
The truth about social media and screen time's impact on young people
- 7 months ago
Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?
- 7 months ago
Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s newest species
- 9 months ago
The unexpected reasons why human childhood is extraordinarily long
- 10 months ago
Did the people of Easter Island independently invent writing?
- 10 months ago
The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale
- 11 months ago
Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages
- 11 months ago
The unexpected ways your skin impacts your health and longevity
- 11 months ago
Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth
- 11 months ago
Ancient bronze hand may offer clue to the origins of Basque language
- 11 months ago
When does a bone become a fossil?
- 11 months ago
Our human ancestors often ate each other, and for surprising reasons
- 11 months ago
Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought
- 12 months ago
Strange virus-like replicators discovered in the human gut
- 12 months ago
Exquisite Jurassic fossils reveal cannibalism in ancient fish
- 12 months ago
Looking after the fungi in your gut could be key to better health
- 12 months ago
Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem
- 12 months ago
How wild primates adapt to living with disabilities
- about 1 year ago
Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought
- about 1 year ago
How CRISPR could yield the next blockbuster crop
- about 1 year ago
We’re finally working out why the Mediterranean diet is so good for us
- about 1 year ago
Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism
- about 1 year ago
The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution
- about 1 year ago
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Colin Barras
New Scientist
How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans
- 2 months ago