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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

Agriculture was independently invented at least 11 times on four continents – not just in the Middle East. It's time to rethink how modern civilisation took root

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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae

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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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Life may have begun 300 million years earlier than we thought

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Life may have begun 300 million years earlier than we thought

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Plants spike nectar with caffeine and give bees a buzz

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Plants spike nectar with caffeine and give bees a buzz

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First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe

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First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe

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Stonehenge builders had barbecue feasts at nearby party centre

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Stonehenge builders had barbecue feasts at nearby party centre

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Some liked it hot: Dinosaurs evolved range of body temperatures

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Some liked it hot: Dinosaurs evolved range of body temperatures

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

Some bacteria turn mercury into a neurotoxin called methylmercury that accumulates in the food we eat. Now we know where those bacteria are found

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Genome of ancient Ethiopian tells of back-to-Africa migration

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Elephants almost never get cancer thanks to multiple gene copies

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Ape fossils put the origin of humanity at 10 million years ago

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