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Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too

Life

Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too

Grandmothers stick around to protect the DNA they share with their grandchildren, new evidence suggests

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Life

Dangling stockings reveal whales' sex drive

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Life

Earliest evidence of humans thriving on the savannah

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'Missing link' Ida lacks evolutionary insights

Life

'Missing link' Ida lacks evolutionary insights

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Meet future woman: shorter, plumper, more fertile

Life

Meet future woman: shorter, plumper, more fertile

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'Monkey trial' drama is more than a defence of evolution

Life

'Monkey trial' drama is more than a defence of evolution

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Richard Leakey: Passionate, prickly and principled

Life

Richard Leakey: Passionate, prickly and principled

Opinion

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Life

Chimps happy to help – you just have to ask

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Ballerina tyrannosaur unearthed in Mongolia

Life

Ballerina tyrannosaur unearthed in Mongolia

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Our ancestor Ardi walked tall

Humans

Our ancestor Ardi walked tall

The bones of a 4.4-million-year-old relative suggest that she walked upright. See more family snaps in our Gallery

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Life

My little zebra: The secrets of domestication

Features

Life

Review: Comets and the Origin of Life by Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe and William Napier

Books & Arts

Life

Monsters of the skies: giant beasts that ruled the air

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Life

For proteins, evolution can't go backwards

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