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evolution

Nut-cracking monkeys find the right tool for the job

Earth

Nut-cracking monkeys find the right tool for the job

Brazilian capuchin monkeys are adept at cracking tough palm nuts and even test their stone hammers before use

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Did life begin in a pool of acidic gloop?

Earth

Did life begin in a pool of acidic gloop?

Features

How novels help drive social evolution

Life

How novels help drive social evolution

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Neanderthals might have made good blood donors

Life

Neanderthals might have made good blood donors

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Life

Artificial molecule evolves in the lab

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On the trail of early humans

Humans

On the trail of early humans

Opinion

Review: <i>Freaks of Nature</i> by Mark S. Blumberg

Life

Review: Freaks of Nature by Mark S. Blumberg

Books & Arts

Darwin missed 'earliest' Galapagos species

Earth

Darwin missed 'earliest' Galapagos species

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Review: <i>Why Evolution is True</i> by Jerry Coyne

Life

Review: Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne

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Genes give Africans a better sense of taste

Life

Genes give Africans a better sense of taste

People from Cameroon and Kenya have far more variation in a gene that controls sensitivity to bitterness, say researchers – could it be a survival adaptation?

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Life

Darwin's dangerous idea: Top 10 evolution articles

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Life

2008: A good year for Neanderthals

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Life

Did warfare drive out-of-Africa migration?

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Life

Who did most to knock man off his pedestal?

Opinion

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