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evolution

tungara frog

Life

City living makes urban male frogs far more attractive to females

Urban male túngara frogs have evolved more elaborate mating calls than their rural brothers, which make them much better at attracting a mate

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Humans

Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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cave art handprint with missing fingers

Humans

Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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humpback whale

Life

Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

Humans

The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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beach

Humans

The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

Celebrated for their biodiversity, the islands of Socotra could unlock secrets of humans' journey out of Africa – but war and weather hamper the journey there

Features

Humans

Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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Life

An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean

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Life

The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

Culture

Humans

Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

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