Evolution is all around us. Walking is evolution. Language is evolution. Frankly, the world around us is all evolution. “Evolution … is a...

We have said it before and we’ll say it again—at some point we will know the full story of human evolution. Look at the discoveries that...

Here’s your science word for the day. Synanthrope. Syn=together. Thrope=man. A synanthrope is an organism that lives near and benefits...

Reading the new book Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan, we were reminded that the Scopes trial is nearly a century behind us. Egan’s...

We can’t get enough of this article in Aeon Media (purpose: “to explore and communicate knowledge that addresses our shared need to make...

Before we get to our hearty endorsement of Unstoppable Us—How Humans Took Over The World, we have a question: do you know the author,...

Contemplate these two important points: · There is no linear evolutionary history of the human species. · Different branches of...

Can we all, for a moment, stop what we’re doing and appreciate giraffes? To appreciate giraffes, of course, means to appreciate their...

What is it, precisely, about our anatomy that sets our species apart in the animal kingdom? Opposable thumbs? Big brains, which enable...

At what point did the big bad wolf become humanity’s best friend? How did it happen, and who initiated contact —the wolf or the human?...

Microevolution Part One focused on changes in anatomy that we — Homo Sapiens — have undergone in the past couple thousand years. Part Two...

When you work within the Anatomy in Clay curriculum and use the special clay to craft parts of the body, it’s easy to think of those body...

We just raced down a rabbit—er, fox—hole and we made it back alive to report something we already knew. Evolution is happening right...

Behold the cynodont. (Sounds like: sign-uh-daunt.) Cynodonts gave rise to all living mammals about 250 million years ago. Or so. These...

We can’t recommend a recent episode of the Radiolab podcast—Man Against Horse—highly enough. It includes: · Pigs on a treadmill · Humans...

We are living in a tough time. The spread of COVID-19 is a generational event. We will remember 2020 for years and years to come. We...

By Jon Zahourek Vertebrate Anatomy is a System of Subsystems The key to vertebrate movement is the axial subsystem. If you own a...

Today is International Darwin Day—the day Charles Darwin was born (Feb. 12) in 1809. As the fine folks behind International Darwin Day...

Australia is on ablaze. The ice caps are melting. Glaciers are disappearing. Sea temperatures are rising. Climate change is for real. No...

Chances are you don’t come to the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System blog looking for book reviews, but here’s one. We are here to...