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Humans may be primed to believe in creation

Life

Humans may be primed to believe in creation

Religion might not be the only reason people buy into creationism and intelligent design – our natural thought processes may play a part too, experiments suggest

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Spit bacteria could be as distinct as fingerprints

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Fossil footprints reveal our modern walk in the making

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Fossil footprints reveal our modern walk in the making

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Life

Did aversion to bitter tastes evolve into moral disgust?

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Life

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise

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King of the swingers has no use for mirrors

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King of the swingers has no use for mirrors

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Map-reading skills change how we view beauty

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Bird-like lungs powered giant pterosaur flight

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Bird-like lungs powered giant pterosaur flight

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Celebrate evolution as only star children can

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Ancient sharks saw the deep sea in colour

A primitive deep-sea fish, the elephant shark, is the oldest vertebrate to share the colour vision system of rods and cones with humans

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Life

Ancient virus gave wasps power over caterpillar DNA

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Life

First draft of Neanderthal genome is unveiled

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Life

A glimpse into Darwin's student life

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Life

Darwin 200: Planting the seeds of an idea

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