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evolution

mountains

Earth

How the world made us: chance and climate in the human story

Chance, geo-climatic factors and the changing landscape all have an important part to play in human evolution, argues Mark Maslin in The Cradle of Humanity

Culture

Dormouse on ground

Life

Dormouse might be first tree-climbing mammal shown to echolocate

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cock-eyed squid

Life

Deep-sea squid points a big, bulging eye up and a tiny eye down

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Dog being petted

Life

Monkeys and dogs judge humans by how they treat others

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New beetle species bites army ant鈥檚 butt and hitches a ride

Life

New beetle species bites army ant鈥檚 butt and hitches a ride

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A banner saying Trump is unconstitutional

Humans

Evolved instincts shaped democracy to resist bullies like Trump

Comment

Bacteria in combat

Life

Vicious microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve cooperation

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Filigree-like artwork called Aggregation 24 by Andy Lomas

Life

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art

Culture

Rock ants

Life

Ant choosiness reveals they all have different personalities

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A deuterostome

Life

Ancestor of all vertebrates was a big mouth with no anus

A tiny fossil from China could be the earliest of all deuterostomes, creatures that eventually led to evolution of all vertebrates, including humans

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Life

Giant flying reptile was top predator like a winged T. rex

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Life

Bird is evolving to be less flashy in response to global warming

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Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

Features

Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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