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human evolution

Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

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Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

First computer simulation of the brain to compete with humans in intelligence tests reveals that cell death isn't enough to explain ageing's mental decline

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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

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Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution

Humans

Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution

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Fire ants writhe to make unsinkable rafts

Life

Fire ants writhe to make unsinkable rafts

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Zoologger: The world's most skilful predator

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Zoologger: The world's most skilful predator

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Got a spare half a million? A <i>Diplodocus</i> could be yours

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Got a spare half a million? A Diplodocus could be yours

Regulars

Losing their dino tail limited size of flightless birds

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Losing their dino tail limited size of flightless birds

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Oldest human genome reveals roots of first Americans

Life

Oldest human genome reveals roots of first Americans

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Life

Don't bury Europe's remarkable prehistoric culture

Opinion

Darwinian business needn't be red in tooth and claw

Life

Darwinian business needn't be red in tooth and claw

The notion that economics and business are all about competition and self-interest is alluring but wrong, argues evolutionary psychologist Mark van Vugt

Opinion

Life

Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Features

Life

Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Life

Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Life

Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur

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