We aim to answer fundamental questions about evolution through our innovative and high-quality research. The quality of our research is reflected by publications in top international journals.
Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around half a million years ago.
Nick Longrich, senior lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology writes for The Conversation about the improbability of intelligent life.
Scientists from our Milner Centre for Evolution will work with anthropologists at UCL on the cross-disciplinary project
Climate change is likely to cause populations to decrease by more than 50 per cent by the end of the century
Researchers and students blog about their activities.
After every mass extinction, life has recovered and increased in diversity.
We aim to recruit leading biologists as well as train and mentor postgraduates, post-doctorates and undergraduates to go on and become researchers, teachers, and innovators.
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Polly is in the third year of her PhD in Evolutionary Biology. She studies fossils to understand why crocodiles are how they are today.
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Find out how we're educating the public and inspiring students of all ages with our outreach activities.
Learn how your school can get access to teaching resources and how to get one of our exhibits at your event or festival.
Children meet creepy crawlies and learn how to use microscopes at the Milner Centre for Evolution.
Learn key concepts in biological evolution and find out how to integrate them into the classroom with our free online learning module.
The centre formally opened on 21 September 2018.
The Milner Centre for Evolution celebrated its launch on the 21 September 2018 by inviting local school children to the labs to learn more about evolution.
The new Milner Centre for Evolution will help support teachers teaching evolution
Watch videos of the sessions from our inaugural conference.
Find out more about our new building, which was opened in September 2018.
The Milner Centre for Evolution was opened on 21 September 2018 - find out how our staff got involved in the building design
We've built a major centre for evolution, named after Dr Jonathan Milner who donated £5 million towards its establishment.
The Milner Centre has three core objectives: to ask the big evolutionary questions, to find new technological and clinical research applications, and to take evolutionary research into the community.
We are based in a multi-million-pound centre on campus which opened in September 2018.
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