But why do human babies look like that in the first place? Partly it has to do with the constraints of development and childbirth. But it may also have something to do with the domestication of humans.
developmental biology
Science Corner: Welcome to the Human Club
We are already human, but not yet the human we are headed towards. The human experience is intrinsically one of becoming, not merely being.
Science Reader Question: Putting the Biology in Evolutionary Biology
When evolution is called “settled science,” it’s easy to imagine the theory as largely in our scientific past. For many biologists, evolution is integral to their scientific present and future.
Science Corner: Viral Frenemies
It’s hard not to think of viruses as our enemies in some fashion. Whether it’s fictional pathogens like the one in Contagion or real ones like ebola, most of us only encounter or think about viruses when they are making us sick. And viruses do make lots of people sick, sometimes fatally, so that impression is […]