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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

All over the world, we're finding art tens of thousands of years older than it should be. What awoke our creative minds so early, asks Alison George

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur

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Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur

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Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers

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Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers

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Himalayan fossils point to Asian origin of big cats

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Himalayan fossils point to Asian origin of big cats

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Alfred Russel Wallace: A very rare specimen

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Alfred Russel Wallace: A very rare specimen

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Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain

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Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain

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Alga takes first evolutionary leap to multicellularity

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Alga takes first evolutionary leap to multicellularity

A single-celled alga has been coaxed into becoming multicellular – giving researchers a chance to replay one of life's most important evolutionary leaps in real time

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King Kong platypus was an ancient bone cruncher

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New dolphin species leaps out of Australian waters

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Cell tails: Lines of communication

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Dead end?

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