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ancient humans

Opt-out organ donation law: Your questions answered

Health

Opt-out organ donation law: Your questions answered

Organ donation in England will take place on an opt-out basis from next year, now that a new law has been passed by MPs. But its effects on donation rates may be being overstated, finds Clare Wilson

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Stonehenge

Humans

Sailors spread the ancient fashion for monuments like Stonehenge

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How nature is evolving in the human age

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How nature is evolving in the human age

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sun

Life

Chasing the Sun review: Light's power over life charted

Culture

A neanderthal skull

Humans

The last Neanderthals may have died out much earlier than we thought

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2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

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burning tusks

Earth

Anthropocene review – tough film makes case for human-created epoch

Culture

People silhouetted against sky

Humans

Indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australia share some ancestry

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A landscape in Borneo

Humans

World's first figurative art is of an unknown animal in Borneo

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Martin Rees: The posthuman future

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Martin Rees: The posthuman future

Cosmologist Martin Rees addresses humanity’s prospects in the 21st century and beyond – and asks what comes after us

Video

Humans

Idly tapping your fingers can make you think time has slowed down

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Humans

The Book of Humans review – a smart update on human exceptionalism

Culture

Technology

A tiny robotic capsule could roam your intestines and suck up mucus

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