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Prehistoric armoured fish had the world's first abs

Stomach muscles have evolved at least twice – once in the earliest land animals, and once in a ferocious armour-plated fish

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Everest's final frontier: Life without oxygen

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Everest's final frontier: Life without oxygen

Features

Missing rock fuelled Cambrian explosion of life

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Missing rock fuelled Cambrian explosion of life

Opinion

Our earliest primate cousin discovered in Asia

Life

Our earliest primate cousin discovered in Asia

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Hungry algae may explain how plants became green

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Hungry algae may explain how plants became green

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What gives the human mind its edge?

Life

What gives the human mind its edge?

Books & Arts

Dawn of the water eaters: How Earth got its oxygen

Life

Dawn of the water eaters: How Earth got its oxygen

Features

Mind readers: How we get inside other people's heads

Life

Mind readers: How we get inside other people's heads

Features

Is this the ancestor of all primates?

Life

Is this the ancestor of all primates?

Regulars

'Dawn bird' sees <i>Archaeopteryx</i> return to bird fold

Life

'Dawn bird' sees Archaeopteryx return to bird fold

Archaeopteryx lost its place among the birds in 2011 – the discovery of an even older bird helps to restore the famous fossil to its perch

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Life

Silent forests are bad news for the trees

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Life

1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet

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Life

Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?

Opinion

Life

Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps

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