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A life spent fighting fair about the roots of violence

Despite the fierce conflicts experienced living among anthropologists, science steals the show in Napoleon Chagnon's autobiography Noble Savages

CultureLab

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Life

Stress can affect future generations' genes

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First farmers' trash put wolves in the doghouse

Life

First farmers' trash put wolves in the doghouse

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To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace

Life

To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace

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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

Life

Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

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Life

Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

Earth

The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

Features

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Health

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Opinion

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

Technology

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

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Environment

Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art

Only mildly traumatic, mist nets offer an easy and safe way to catch birds for artistic, and ecological, study

Regulars

Life

David Attenborough: Animals are a source of infinite fascination

Opinion

Life

Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

Features

Life

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

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Life

Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

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