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A rabbit

Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

Rabbit fossils suggest that Neanderthals had a varied diet including hunting small, fast prey, meaning they were very adaptable

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Mind

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Features

African landscape

Earth

How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Neanderthals artwork

Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

Features

Little foot

Environment

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

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wildfire

Life

The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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turtle

Life

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

Regulars

Denisovan tooth

Humans

2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past

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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

Humans

Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

It was thought that the ancestor we share with lemurs, monkeys and apes evolved in Asia, but fossil analysis suggests this may not have been the case

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Humans

Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human

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Video

Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

Video

Humans

Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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