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Evolution myths: Evolution is random

No and yes. Natural selection is a rigorous testing process that filters out what works from what doesn't, but chance events play a big role too

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Evolution myths: Evolution can't be disproved

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Life-changing books: The Naked Ape

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Life-changing books: The Naked Ape

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Flores 'hobbit' walked more like a clown than Frodo

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Flores 'hobbit' walked more like a clown than Frodo

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Neanderthals speak out after 30,000 years

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Neanderthals speak out after 30,000 years

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Dumbo didn't fly – he swam

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How the placenta adapts to make mammals a success

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Merging bacteria species reverse evolution

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Orchid's sexual deception triggers ejaculation

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Evolution myths: Evolution produces perfectly adapted creatures

You don't have to be perfectly adapted to survive, you just have to be as well adapted as your competitors

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Earth

'Crash-tested' skulls throw light on extinctions

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Film review: Expelled: No intelligence allowed

Books & Arts

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'Darwin chip' brings evolution into the classroom

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First Americans left fossil stools in cave latrine

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