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Extinct giant kangaroos didn't hop, they walked

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Extinct giant kangaroos didn't hop, they walked

They had faces like rabbits and some were 2 metres tall, but the oddest thing about extinct relatives of modern kangaroos is that they walked just like us

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Australia's toad vanguard hops straight to invade fast

Earth

Australia's toad vanguard hops straight to invade fast

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Violins evolved by Stradivarian design

Technology

Violins evolved by Stradivarian design

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Lung cancer's long hibernation may be its weak spot

Life

Lung cancer's long hibernation may be its weak spot

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Life

Holocene Park

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Life

Cave art discovery is rewriting human prehistory

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Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

Life

Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

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A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

Life

A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

CultureLab

Zoologger: No escape from hunting harvestman's sticky grasp

Life

Zoologger: No escape from hunting harvestman's sticky grasp

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Cerebellum's growth spurt turned monkeys into humans

Life

Cerebellum's growth spurt turned monkeys into humans

As the first apes evolved into chimps and humans, it seems the cerebellum grew faster than the rest of the brain, giving us uniquely human traits and skills

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Life

The best and worst countries in the world to be old in

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Life

Meet Lonesome George, the face of extinction

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Earth

Finding Nemo is real: Clownfish make epic sea journeys

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Life

Primal pull of a baby crying reaches across species

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