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Health

The real reason why we lost the ability to make vitamin C

The textbooks say our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C because we didn't need it, but the loss may have protected us from some parasites

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Humans

Your pet dog’s ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?

Features

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

Life

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

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Humans

Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

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Atmospheric graveyard

Humans

What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

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Humans

Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists

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Life

Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth

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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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Humans

'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans

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Life

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

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Life

Ash trees are rapidly evolving some resistance to ash dieback disease

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Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Humans

Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?

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