Rappler's latest stories on evolution
Ozil cut from video game in China over Xinjiang comments
US-listed Chinese internet company NetEase removes Ozil from the game due to his 'extreme comment about China'
'Ancestors': A new game provides insights into how the first humans evolved
The newly released 'Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey' is an open world survival game where you control a group of 'hominins' – our first ancestors – and explore, expand, and lock in new knowledge so your 'clan' can evolve
Moon rocks can help reveal how life evolved on Earth – and may enable us to resurrect extinct species
Moon craters can hold the key to explaining how complex, multi-cellular organisms evolved on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, affording unimaginable insights into our planet’s biological past
Scientists seek limit to human endurance
To wit: cycling, running and triathlons cause people to use different muscles. But they all have the same stomach.
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research harnessing evolution
(UPDATED) American scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter win the Nobel Chemistry Prize
RAW Deal: Evolution is no longer a mystery
WWE finally decides to feature an all-women pay-per-view event
'League of Legends,' 'Starcraft II' to debut at 2018 Asian Games
Also debuting are 'Hearthstone,' 'Pro Evolution Soccer 2018,' 'Clash Royale' and 'Arena of Valor.' The Asian Games will be held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
[OPINION] The Philippines: A nation in need of a cultural evolution
'The Philippines is in desperate need of a cultural evolution and not just another political revolution'
Height, lifespan, GDP: Humanity has stagnated for most of its history
This claim is particularly important given that mankind experienced significant technological improvements expected to increase productivity and income per person, from the Neolithic revolution to the invention of the printing press
'Missing link' bolsters bold theory on dino evolution
A revised assessment of the kangaroo sized Chilesaurus bolsters a theory unveiled earlier this year that threatens to upend a long standing classification of all dinosaurs
Outcry as Turkey removes evolution from curriculum
Critics see it has a step back from scientific rigor towards creationism by the Islamic rooted authorities under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought – studies
A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco obliterates two decades of scientific consensus that our forefathers emerged in East Africa about 200 000 years ago
Smart expanding LTE coverage to more municipalities
The expansion is part of Smart s 3 year network rollout plan where it told the NTC that it will make LTE progressively available to users in 1 551 cities and municipalities by 2018
New fossils found 'proof' life on Earth existed earlier than thought
The oldest fossils ever found are direct evidence of life on Earth 3 8 to 4 3 billion years ago – within a few hundred million years of the accretion of the solar system
Smart targets Metro Manila for LTE coverage expansion
The telco says its subscribers can experience improved coverage and quality of voice calls SMS and mobile internet as it expands its network in the next 3 months
How do I bury thee: an ode to extinction
[Science Solitaire] Extinction is personal
New fossils show life on Earth older than thought
Life on Earth is even older than we thought say Australian scientists as they unveil fossils dating back a staggering 3 7 billion years
Globe Telecom targets 500 more LTE 700 MHz cell sites by end-2016
Globe Telecom accelerates the deployment of cell sites using the 700 MHz band amid a court battle against the Philippine Competition Commission regarding the San Miguel telco buyout
PLDT, Smart commit 3-year network rollout to NTC
According to the network rollout plan Smart is rapidly expanding both the coverage and capacity of its LTE service
IN PHOTOS: OneRepublic, JaDine, Apink, and more at electrifying MTV Music Evolution 2016
OneRepublic James Reid Nadine Lustre Apink Far East Movement Gary V Gab Valenciano and Bebe Rexha put on an electrifying show – unfazed by the rains – for the crowd at this year s MTV Music Evolution
#PugadBaboy: Santa and Noah
Likely ancestor of mystery 'hobbit' found
Two studies fill a huge gap in our understanding of these diminutive people whose tortuous evolutionary saga hit a dead end some 50 000 years ago
Smart to use 700 MHz band to boost LTE network
The telco says its new acquisition will lead to faster expansion of network coverage
Blessed are the cute for they shall be saved
[Science Solitaire] There is nothing wrong with liking what is cute and beautiful but there is certainly something wrong if that is our only criteria for choosing what creature to save
JaDine, Bebe Rexha to perform at MTV Music Evolution 2016
UPDATE Sarah G is pulled out of the Music Evolution lineup due to health reasons Bebe Rexha Apink James Reid and Nadine Lustre join OneRepublic on the MTV Music Evolution stage
OneRepublic to perform at MTV Music Evolution Manila 2016
This is the second time since 2013 that OneRepublic is coming to the Philippines
First humans out of Africa now in Manila
The Homo erectus one of the first humans to have successfully settled outside Africa is the centerpiece of a new traveling exhibition
Pakistan scientists 'find 1.1-M-year-old stegodon tusk'
The discovery can potentially shed new light on the mammal s evolutionary journey
PLDT, Microsoft team up for TVolution Stick
PLDT shifts to delivering more entertainment options to Filipino households through the Southeast Asian debut of Microsoft manufactured TVolution Stick
COMIC: The fascinating history of the female vibrator
Massaging hysterical patients to an orgasm was common practice until 1920s This treatment was usually reserved for the upper and middle class women in Europe and America who could afford it
Remains of new human species found in S. African cave – scientists
About 1 500 fossils are found deep in a cave system outside Johannesburg hidden in an underground chamber only accessible via several steep climbs and rock crevasses
Darwin’s fittest: On climate change and public health
The human race is met with its most pressing challenge yet — a world of changing climate patterns For all we know this can be evolution’s test to determine which species will emerge the fittest one of all
WATCH: Michelle Obama, Jimmy Fallon in 'Evolution of Mom Dancing, pt 2'
Go Bama Check out Michelle s dance moves
Jawbone fossil in Ethiopia sheds light on human origins
A piece of jawbone with teeth attached uncovered in Ethiopia is the earliest known fossil of the genus Homo to which humans belong
Moving forward: Changing ways we communicate
Take a walk down memory lane and see how communication has evolved through the years
Mideast skull find sheds light on spread of humans
A 55 000 year old partial skull found in a cave in Galilee Israel gives clues to when our ancestors left their African homeland and strengthens theories that they co habited with Neanderthals
When news traveled on a bus
As a journo in today s mobile virtual and constantly evolving newsroom I often ask myself if the days of pounding the beat lining up behind typewriters and venturing out without a mobile phone still mean anything They do
Odd couples emerge in bird family tree
The largest most sophisticated mapping of the bird family tree published in more than two dozen separate papers unveil some unusual discoveries
RAW Deal Special Edition: Take a bow for the new R-Evolution
Rappler s resident wrestling columnist reviews what may likely be the best show of the year NXT Takeover: R Evolution
Ichthyosaur fossil solves reptile riddle
For years proof that this sea dwelling species had ever had terrestrial adaptations was missing Now that vital evidence has been found
We don't need the Pope to tell us what to think
Evolution and the Big Bang are real whether or not an authority figure says so
Sex? It all started 385 million years ago
Until now it was thought internal fertilization occurred much later in the evolutionary tale of vertebrates
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit
Much of MAVEN s year long mission will be spent circling Mars 3 730 miles above the surface
NASA's Mars spacecraft to begin orbit of Red Planet
MAVEN s findings are expected to help pave the way for a future visit by humans to the Red Planet perhaps as early as 2030
Cave markings 'bring Neanderthals closer to us'
Markings dating back 40 000 years suggest Neanderthals were considerably more sophisticated than previously thought researchers say
Humans, Neanderthals shared Europe for millennia – study
Neanderthals shared Europe with modern humans for as long as five millennia until they died out 40 000 years ago – ample time for cultural exchanges and interbreeding
PLDT rolls out 5,000 more 4G base stations
PLDT President and CEO Napoleon Nazareno calls the expansion part of the company s thrust to provide broadband connectivity to the whole country
Man vs ape: Much more similar than you think
Click around the infographic below and see just how much humans have in common with the great apes
PLDT to increase base stations for LTE expansion
PLDT plans on increasing its total number of base stations to expand its latest LTE offering for Internet seeking households
