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Stonehenge Man: not just a pretty face

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Stonehenge Man: not just a pretty face

Forensic analysis of a prehistoric skull gives the UK's most iconic monument a human face

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Texas repels creationist threat to biology textbooks

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2013 review: The year in evolution and life sciences

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2013 review: The year in evolution and life sciences

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2014 preview: First million-year-old genome

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2014 preview: First million-year-old genome

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Dawkins: 'I'd rather be remembered for science'

Life

Dawkins: 'I'd rather be remembered for science'

Opinion

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Life

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Features

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

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Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

Features

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The million-Twitter giveaway: Our best stories, free

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First ever animals were made of jelly, not sponge

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First ever animals were made of jelly, not sponge

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Chameleon colours predict outcome of lizard duel

Life

Chameleon colours predict outcome of lizard duel

In fights, males with the brightest side stripes were more likely to approach their opponent, whereas those with brighter heads were more likely to win

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Life

The 19 superbugs that rule Earth's hidden depths

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Feedback: Dinosaurs against climate change

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Life

Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Life

Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve

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