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evolution

Mice’s love songs go wrong when ‘language gene’ is messed up

Life

Mice’s love songs go wrong when ‘language gene’ is messed up

The FOXP2 gene probably helped us evolve speech when we split from chimpanzees. But tinkering with the gene in mice affects their communication too

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Capuchin monkey hits stone with stone

Life

Some of our Stone Age tools may just be crafty monkey throwaways

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Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Humans

Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Culture

Mystery beast in ice age cave art revealed as cow-bison hybrid

Life

Mystery beast in ice age cave art revealed as cow-bison hybrid

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Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time

Life

Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time

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deformed dolphin with whale

Life

Animal heroes that save other species: Five amazing stories

Features

dinosaur bird

Life

First birds made honking sounds more than 66 million years ago

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Life

Snake fools attackers by changing its eyes to look like a viper

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A man sipping a glass of water

Health

How much water should you drink a day? Your throat will tell you

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Captured crocodiles

Life

Weird orange crocodiles found gorging on bats in Gabon’s caves

One population of the world’s smallest crocodile has moved underground where they pluck bats off the walls – and corrosive droppings change their skin colour

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Humans

Ancient bee fossil reveals secrets of human ancestor’s habitat

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Humans

Cave fires and rhino skull used in Neanderthal burial rituals

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Life

Evolution evolves: Beyond the selfish gene

Features

Humans

The most detailed look yet at how early humans left Africa

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