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Did evolution come before life?

Life

Did evolution come before life?

A crude form of natural selection may have primed the primordial soup for life, as interacting molecules formed ever better chemical replicators

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Earth

Honey, climate change is shrinking the species

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Why lager beer comes in two genetically different flavours

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Why lager beer comes in two genetically different flavours

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Life

Too much food can be bad for biodiversity

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Did we out-breed slow-maturing Neanderthals?

Life

Did we out-breed slow-maturing Neanderthals?

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The ice age that never was

Earth

The ice age that never was

Features

Why a big horn gives beetles a tiny organ

Life

Why a big horn gives beetles a tiny organ

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Was sound the secret weapon of the Andean elites?

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Was sound the secret weapon of the Andean elites?

Features

Viruses: The unsung heroes of evolution

Life

Viruses: The unsung heroes of evolution

Features

Tech-savvy Neanderthals couldn't blame their tools

Life

Tech-savvy Neanderthals couldn't blame their tools

Experiments on flint flakes show that early blades were at least as efficient as later versions made only by Homo sapiens

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Life

First Neanderthal genome completed

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Life

Early Europeans quickly got a taste for milk

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Life

Male dominance is no guarantee of genetic success

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Earth

World's smallest snake discovered

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