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Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

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Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

Darwin's theory of natural selection is so powerful that we can find it hard to believe features can arise in other ways, says biologist John Bonner

Opinion

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

Life

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

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A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

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A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Features

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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Voice almighty: Decoding speech's secret signals

Life

Voice almighty: Decoding speech's secret signals

Features

Control sex for humanity's future

Life

Control sex for humanity's future

CultureLab

The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree

Life

The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree

Features

Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

Life

Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

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Flowers have been at funerals for 13,000 years

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Flowers have been at funerals for 13,000 years

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Ready, aim, throw! Lobbing rocks key to meat-eating

Life

Ready, aim, throw! Lobbing rocks key to meat-eating

The ability to throw stones quickly and accurately may have been a crucial step in our evolution, because it allowed us to hunt big game

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Life

Oldest animal genome is sequenced from horse bone

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Life

Snail shell stripes reveal Irish origins

Regulars

Life

Rapid evolution of tumours may be their Achilles' heel

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Life

The battle to find a cure for every cancer is evolving

Opinion

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