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evolution

Bonobos use a range of tools like stone-age humans

Life

Bonobos use a range of tools like stone-age humans

The chimps' randy relatives have been seen using tools as shovels and levers in captivity, and even fashioning a spear to jab at a researcher

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How much of a caveman are you? FAQ

Humans

How much of a caveman are you? FAQ

Features

Lazy ants sit around doing nothing while their nest mates work

Life

Lazy ants sit around doing nothing while their nest mates work

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The three ancestral tribes that founded Western civilisation

Humans

The three ancestral tribes that founded Western civilisation

Features

Heat-tolerant genes could help corals adapt to climate change

Earth

Heat-tolerant genes could help corals adapt to climate change

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Our eye sockets give us a wider field of view than other apes

Life

Our eye sockets give us a wider field of view than other apes

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Gentle sex? Females just as feisty as males over reproduction

Life

Gentle sex? Females just as feisty as males over reproduction

Features

One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

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Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat

Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat

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Weird fossil worm with legs and spikes finally reveals its head

Life

Weird fossil worm with legs and spikes finally reveals its head

First we had Hallucigenia the wrong way up. And what some people thought was the head was actually squashed guts. Now we can finally look it in the eye

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Life

Why 'RNA world' theory on origin of life may be wrong after all

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Life

One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

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Life

Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab

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Life

DNA study backs Native American claim to Kennewick Man remains

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