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How ancient proteins are untangling humanity's family tree

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How ancient proteins are untangling humanity's family tree

We can't extract DNA from some of the most perplexing ancient human fossils. But ancient proteins sometimes survive better, and they are finally starting to give up their secrets

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Watching an explainer video can boost your IQ score by 18 points

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Watching an explainer video can boost your IQ score by 18 points

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Cancer cells can pick up fatty coatings to spread further in the body

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Cancer cells can pick up fatty coatings to spread further in the body

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The real reasons miscarriage exists – and why it's so misunderstood

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The real reasons miscarriage exists – and why it's so misunderstood

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Bill Bryson on the miraculous human body

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Bill Bryson on the miraculous human body

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Humans reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than thought

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Humans reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than thought

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Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

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Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like

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Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

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Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

Forget the simple out-of-Africa idea of how humans evolved. A huge array of fossils and genome studies has completely rewritten the story of how we came into being.

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Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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Our ancestors may have run a million years earlier than we thought

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Monty Python's Silly Walk is exactly 6.7 times more silly than normal

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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