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evolution

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

Humans

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

A new analysis of a rare hominin specimen has revealed what may be the earliest known dental abscess – a painful mass of pus growing inside the jaw – in the Homo genus

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CRISPR lizard

Life

Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

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Stonehenge artwork

Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

Features

satellite ocean scene

Earth

Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life

Features

ocean

Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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A rabbit

Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

Life

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

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How the zebra got its stripes: The problem with 'just-so' stories

Life

How the zebra got its stripes: The problem with 'just-so' stories

Analysis

fossil burrows

Life

Controversial fossils suggest life began to move 2.1 billion years ago

Most biologists think lifeforms evolved the ability to move around about 600 million years ago – tiny burrows in 2.1-billion-year-old rocks challenge the idea

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Earth

How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

Features

Life

Australia has been home to hopping kangaroos for 20 million years

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Life

Is the idea of species now more trouble than it is worth?

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