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human evolution

How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

In Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare, evolutionary psychology pioneer Gordon H. Orians traces the roots of today's human quirks in the minds of our ancestors

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

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Dino-killing asteroid cleared way for modern reef fish

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Dino-killing asteroid cleared way for modern reef fish

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Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates

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Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates

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Do animals have a sense of humour?

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Do animals have a sense of humour?

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Tree of bird life could solve Noah's Ark problem

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Tree of bird life could solve Noah's Ark problem

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Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian

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Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian

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Stuff: Humans as hunters and mega-gatherers

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Stuff: Humans as hunters and mega-gatherers

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Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now

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Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now

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Lava fossilised this Jurassic fern down to its cells

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Lava fossilised this Jurassic fern down to its cells

This incredibly detailed fossil shows individual chromosomes splitting – courtesy of a mini-catastrophe 180 million years ago

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The stripy stick insect that walked with dinosaurs

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Mind

The best parents don't try to score top marks

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Life

Alzheimer's molecules may have powered early life

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Earth

Evolution's traps: When our world leads animals astray

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