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Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe

Life

Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe

A review of archaeological sites suggests that humans gained control of fire more recently than thought – and after the colonisation of Europe

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Fluid societies powered human evolution

Life

Fluid societies powered human evolution

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Tumours could be the ancestors of animals

Life

Tumours could be the ancestors of animals

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Key to humanity is in missing DNA

Life

Key to humanity is in missing DNA

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Zoologger: Megamouth, the shark that has to suck it up

Life

Zoologger: Megamouth, the shark that has to suck it up

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Earth

Evolution races to keep up with climate change

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Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

Life

Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

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Biology Nobelist: Natural selection will destroy us

Earth

Biology Nobelist: Natural selection will destroy us

Opinion

First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

Life

First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

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Did Neanderthals use feathers for fashion?

Life

Did Neanderthals use feathers for fashion?

Culture shock: Neanderthals in what is now Italy may have been playing dress-up 44,000 years ago

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Life

Urge to migrate found in bird genes

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Life

Why some gonorrhoea bacteria are a little bit human

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Life

Darwinian dating: Baby, I'm your natural selection

Features

Life

Evolution's X factor: Shuffling up new species

Features

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