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Illustrator Itai Raveh’s free interpretation of Rudolph Zallinger’s iconic 1965 illustration of human evolution, popularly known as 'March of Progress.' (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)
Weak knees, smart brains: Israeli study gets to the bottom of genetic evolution
By Diana Bletter
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers say a decrease in glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecules in joints separated human ancestors from apes and led to greater neuroplasticity in people
Prof. Yehu Moran, head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines sea anemones in his lab. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2026, 1:31 am
Israeli scientists say they’ve discovered a unique immune system in sea anemones
Evolutionary split 600 million years ago upends long-held scientific belief that all animals share one ancestral antiviral system; study can help save endangered coral reefs
By Diana Bletter
A red-eared slider turtle used in the Tel Aviv University research (Courtesy)
February 19, 2026, 9:20 pm
Israeli researchers find humans and turtles, share key brain function going back 320 million years
Turtles are able to grasp that the same object seen from different angles is not a different object, an important trait for defense against land-based predators
By Sue Surkes
160 million-year-old Anchiornis fossils. (Tel Aviv University)
December 16, 2025, 11:48 am
New Israeli fossil research shows some winged dinosaurs lost ability to fly
Study of molting patterns in fossilized colored feathers suggests evolution of dinosaurs and birds was ‘more complex than previously believed,’ says ornithologist
By Sue Surkes
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo smiles at the award ceremony at the Hamburg Kerber Foundation's European Science Prize, in Hamburg, Germany, September 7, 2018. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
October 3, 2022, 1:57 pm
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Swedish evolutionary scientist
Svante Paabo, whose research showed genetic mixing between humans and Neanderthals and Denisovans, to receive nearly $900,000
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, a fox roams in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)
July 21, 2022, 4:28 am
Mammals became warm-blooded 20 million years later than previously thought — study
International team of researchers finds new way to determine how body heat changed over time by examining inner ears of 56 extinct species of mammal ancestors
By Daniel Lawler
Drone bee orchid, Ophrys holosericea, seen near to the Rakit parking lot in the Carmel mountains, May 7, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel).
May 8, 2022, 6:26 pm
If it looks like a bee and smells like a bee, it may be a flower
In extraordinary example of evolution, bee orchids trick male bees into ‘mating’ with them, to help disperse pollen
By Sue Surkes
A woman feeling the cold inside a house. (LSOphoto via iStock by Getty Images)
October 5, 2021, 6:26 pm
Why do women feel the cold more? It’s evolution, so men keep a distance – study
Peer-reviewed Israeli research suggests males and females are programmed to prefer different temperatures; keeping the sexes apart curbs aggression, improves evolutionary chances
By Nathan Jeffay
In this February 14, 2016 illustrative photo, a woman in an alien costume poses for a picture during the annual Alien Festival in Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, Argentina, the site of an alleged UFO sighting 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
April 29, 2021, 4:25 am
How do aliens look? An Israeli zoologist’s down-to-earth theory on ET evolution
In his new book ‘The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ Arik Kershenbaum argues that using earthly evolutionary biology is the best way to picture interstellar life
By Rich Tenorio
A reconstruction of a 1,600,000 years old Homo erectus based on a fossil specimen known as 'Turkana boy' is seen at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany, on July 3, 2019. (AMartin Meissner/AP)
February 25, 2021, 9:16 pm
Israeli researchers offer new theory on human brain evolution: We were hungry
Archaeologists suggest that as supplies of large animals declined through hunting, early Homo erectus developed the smarts needed to catch smaller, harder-to-trap prey
By Stuart Winer
Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. (Gilles San Martin, CC-BY-SA, via wikipedia)
September 25, 2018, 10:38 am
A bit player in human history, the mighty louse is important — and here to stay
From the migration of early hominids to Jewish rebels at Masada, the perfectly adapted parasite is a portal in time to shed light on even the smallest of mysteries
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Chimpanzee family. (iStock by Getty Images/ apple2499)
August 30, 2018, 8:03 am
Israeli schools largely avoid teaching evolution — report
Charles Darwin’s theory of common descent of life is marginalized and instead students are taught about species’ adaptation and genetic modification
By ToI Staff
A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany. (Neanderthal Museum)
August 23, 2018, 6:05 am
Mom was Neanderthal: Fossil shows mix of humankind’s cousins
Skeletal fragment from half-Neanderthal, half-Denisovan young girl suggests interbreeding between human species may have been more common than previously believed
By Frank Jordans
Exhibition technician Dima Gurewitz places stuffed birds to be displayed at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 21, 2017. (Oded Balilty/AP)
June 5, 2018, 10:39 pm
Israel opening impressive new nature museum, with a discreet evolution exhibit
Housing 5.5 million specimens, it’s ticketed as the only natural history research center in the Middle East, but allows visitors to bypass areas that challenge their beliefs
By Ilan Ben Zion
Dr. Evgeny Reznitsky, educational director of the Natural History Museum in Jerusalem, standing next to a dinosaur statue in the museum's outer garden on May 1, 2018. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2018, 6:59 am
Despite outrage, Jerusalem museum vows to keep censoring evolution exhibit
Natural History Museum justifies covering up displays during visits by ultra-Orthodox groups, as many in Israel and abroad slam institution as betraying science
By Michael Bachner
Skulls and models of humans in early stages of evolution in an exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Jerusalem, which has been blocked from view with a pink sheet, in April 2018. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
April 26, 2018, 5:40 pm
Jerusalem museum censors evolution exhibit to avoid offending ultra-Orthodox
Natural History Museum ‘pushing people away’ with its blocking of display rather than bringing them together, visitor charges
By Michael Bachner
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