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Humans may have reached the Americas 22,000 years ago

A controversial find of stone tools in Brazil suggests that humans somehow reached the Americas at the height of the last ice age

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The early turd: Our history is written in poo

Life

The early turd: Our history is written in poo

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Deep life: Strange creatures living far below our feet

Life

Deep life: Strange creatures living far below our feet

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Historic human remains yield epigenetic tags

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Survival of the shyest: Timidity's surprising benefits

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Survival of the shyest: Timidity's surprising benefits

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Heading south for the new origin of our species

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Hints of oldest human skin found on ape-like ancestor

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Hints of oldest human skin found on ape-like ancestor

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Our closest ape-like ancestor went back to the trees

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Our closest ape-like ancestor went back to the trees

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New US education standards put climate in spotlight

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Stone tools helped shape human hands

The strength and dexterity needed to use early stone tools shaped our hands into what they are today – judging by the oldest known anatomically modern hand

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Life

How flower power paved the way for our evolution

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Health

China bird flu may be two mutations from a pandemic

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Sea urchins evolving to cope with ocean acidification

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