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Baby apes

Life

Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil

We thought that walking on all fours like a gorilla is more primitive than walking on two legs as humans do. But new fossils suggest even very ancient apes walked upright

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European populations have accumulated many mutations

Humans

Europeans have steadily accumulated mutations for thousands of years

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The cranium was discovered in Ethiopia

Humans

We've finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Technology

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Features

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Humans

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Culture

Chris Stringer

Life

Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Culture

Fire

Humans

Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago

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Geek coastline

Humans

Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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person running

Health

Do you run with bent arms? Turns out it doesn't make much difference

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Belly button lint

Definition

Belly button lint

As an exercise in scientific navel-gazing, Georg Steinhauser’s experiment takes some beating. Starting in 2005, Steinhauser – then a chemist at the Vienna University of Technology – collected pieces of belly-button fluff from his navel and recorded their colour and weight

Question

What is the body made of?

Humans

Ruth Mace on human evolution and surviving the apocalypse with yaks

Regulars

Health

How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

Features

Humans

Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

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