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'Hobbit' wrist bones suggest a distinct species

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'Hobbit' wrist bones suggest a distinct species

The tiny, human-like creature that lived in Indonesia just 18,000 years ago was a distinct species, not a malformed modern human, say researchers

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Caring grandmas explain evolutionary role of menopause

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Starchy tubers gave our ancestors' brains a boost

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Starchy tubers gave our ancestors' brains a boost

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Human exodus from Africa helped by wetter weather

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Modern women are excellent gatherers

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Review: The Most Dangerous Animal: Human nature and the origins of war

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What good is God?

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What good is God?

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New ape species rewrites our evolutionary history

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New ape species rewrites our evolutionary history

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Review: The Origins of Man by Douglas Palmer

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Fossilised jaw muddies the picture of human ancestry

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Fossilised jaw muddies the picture of human ancestry

The discovery suggests that at least two of our hominid ancestors lived alongside one another in Africa

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America's most ancient mariners

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Review: The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything by Gordy Slack, Jossey-Bass

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Life

Duplicate genes help humans go the extra mile

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Mastodon genome sheds light on human evolution

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