Scientists have discovered intriguing, human-like footprints in Crete that are nearly 6m years old, as first reported by The Conversation last week. The findings are highly controversial as they suggest that human ancestors may have existed in Europe at the same time as they evolved in Africa. Now two experts on biological anthropology, Robin Crompton and Susannah Thorpe, review the findings. Come and discuss articles like this with The Conversation’s science editors who will be on campus at the universities of Brighton and Sussex all this week as part of the British Science Festival.

The overall costs and benefits of EU regulation are rarely scrutinised in depth. It’s generally just assumed that regulation is bad for the UK economy. But a closer look at the reports that say this reveals that they are not worth the paper they are written on, argue Gary Fooks and Tom Mills.

Steve Biko was one of South Africa’s most important anti-Apartheid activists, his Black Consciousness movement helping to revive a dormant opposition to white majority rule. But with the ruling ANC still monopolising the liberation story, his legacy is all too often left out of the picture. As the 40th anniversary of his death in police custody approaches, Matt Graham argues he should be included in the very top tier of South African liberationists.

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