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evolution

hominin skull

Humans

Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps

Our distant ancestors may have swung below tree branches and knuckle-walked like a chimpanzee – challenging recent thinking that the earliest hominins did neither

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The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

Humans

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

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Thumb muscles

Humans

Our dexterous thumbs have a 2 million-year-old origin

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Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

Humans

Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

Leader

The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

Humans

The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

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lungfish

Life

Australian lungfish has largest genome of any animal sequenced so far

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dogs

Humans

Humans may have domesticated dogs by accident by sharing excess meat

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

Humans

The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

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Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution

Life

Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution

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New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist

Life

New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist

It has long been thought that new species are most likely to evolve in biodiversity hotspots like the Amazon rainforest, but a genetic analysis of birds suggests that extreme environments where few species exist help drive evolution

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Life

Toads on tropical islands are rapidly shrinking as they evolve

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Humans

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

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Life

Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

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Life

Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south

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