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biology

What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

Humans

What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

Two 9.7-million-year-old fossil teeth found in Germany probably belong to a primitive primate and something like a deer, not an early human ancestor as has been reported

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Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

Life

Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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A tui singing in a tree

Life

Songbird gets angry when its rivals are brilliant at singing

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Dogs really can smell your fear, and then they get scared too

Life

Dogs really can smell your fear, and then they get scared too

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Destinies

Life

Is evolution about chance or fate? Well, it depends

Culture

Koltsov

Life

The bourgeois biologist who sparked Russia's genetics revolution

Features

Beetle

Life

Museum safari: The myriad unknown species lost in dusty drawers

Features

bioinformation

Technology

Too much information? The data-driven future of health

Culture

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Life

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Culture

Cavefish

Life

Blind cave fish lost eyes by unexpected evolutionary process

The discovery that a cavefish might have lost its sight because key eye genes were switched off via epigenetics, rather than mutation, will fuel an evolutionary debate

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Life

Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

Comment

Life

Evolution’s rules mean life on Earth isn’t that varied after all

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Life

Seal pups get separated from their mums by icebreaker ships

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