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Life

Was there a Stone Age apocalypse or not?

A comet blasted North America 13,000 years ago, wiping out its megafauna and early settlers, one group insists. Not a bit of it, the sceptics cry

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Better-looking sportsmen more likely to win

Life

Better-looking sportsmen more likely to win

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Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in action

Life

Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in action

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Pickled evidence for evolution

Life

Pickled evidence for evolution

Books & Arts

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Earth

Balearic goats could grow slow

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Fair play: Monkeys share our sense of injustice

Life

Fair play: Monkeys share our sense of injustice

Opinion

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Life

Darwin's long argument is won

Opinion

Suite of chatterbox genes discovered

Life

Suite of chatterbox genes discovered

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Stone Age humans crossed Sahara in the rain

Life

Stone Age humans crossed Sahara in the rain

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Was life founded on cyanide from space crashes?

Life

Was life founded on cyanide from space crashes?

Comet and asteroid strikes may have seeded Earth with cyanide that prepared the planet for life

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Life

Why did our species survive the Neanderthals?

Books & Arts

Life

Nicky Clayton: Dancing with Darwin

Books & Arts

Life

Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory

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Earth

Microbes' globe-trotting has made them less diverse

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