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How snakes got their fangs

How snakes evolved venomous fangs from regular teeth is an evolutionary mystery, but now research suggests turning off a single gene is the key

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Review: The Score by Faye Flam

Books & Arts

Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled

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Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled

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Grunting fish tell of the origins of human speech

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Grunting fish tell of the origins of human speech

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First Europeans shunned Neanderthal sex

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Rewriting Darwin: The new non-genetic inheritance

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Rewriting Darwin: The new non-genetic inheritance

Features

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Creationists launch cynical attack on school science

Opinion

How bats made the leap from gliding to flying

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How bats made the leap from gliding to flying

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Flatfish caught evolving, thanks to its roving eye

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New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US

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New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US

Religious groups hostile to the idea of evolution have adopted a cynical new tactic in Louisiana, says Amanda Gefter

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The language detective

Opinion

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Did 'burrowing' placenta give us big brains?

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Disgust comes in three revolting flavours

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Bird evolutionary tree given a shake by DNA study

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