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Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

Life

Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

Life was single-celled and boring for billions of years, then BOOM! the ancestors of most animals alive today appeared – thanks to a perfect storm of events

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Did sponge microbiomes help aerate the oceans?

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<i>A New History of Life</i> shows we're not extinction-proof

Life

A New History of Life shows we're not extinction-proof

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Jurassic fossils reveal varied life of early mammals

Life

Jurassic fossils reveal varied life of early mammals

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We've got the evolution of complex cells inside-out

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We've got the evolution of complex cells inside-out

Opinion

Genome reveals three more species of Darwin's finches

Life

Genome reveals three more species of Darwin's finches

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Zoologger: Insect females hell-bent on wiping out males

Life

Zoologger: Insect females hell-bent on wiping out males

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What makes us altruistic – and what's it good for?

Life

What makes us altruistic – and what's it good for?

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Tape of life may not always be random

Life

Tape of life may not always be random

If we could turn back the clock millions of years, would animals evolve in the same way? Genome data suggests that their options would be limited

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Life

Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Human ancestors got a grip on tools 3 million years ago

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Health

Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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Life

See chicken develop on drugs through a cracked eggshell

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