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human evolution

English guidebook opens China's floral treasure chest

Life

English guidebook opens China's floral treasure chest

A guide to China's 31,000 plants - including 15,000 found nowhere else – could unearth evolutionary secrets or point to drugs for HIV and malaria

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Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found

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Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found

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Did Africa's Great Lakes boost our ancestors' brains?

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Did Africa's Great Lakes boost our ancestors' brains?

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Chimp calls suggest language evolved from a song

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Chimp calls suggest language evolved from a song

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Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe's first farmers

Life

Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe's first farmers

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The secret life of science in the second world war

Life

The secret life of science in the second world war

CultureLab

Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

Life

Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

Features

Why we are all accidental musicians

Life

Why we are all accidental musicians

CultureLab

Prehistoric avian had unique dual-purpose tail

Life

Prehistoric avian had unique dual-purpose tail

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Hunter, gatherer… architect? Civilisation's true dawn

Life

Hunter, gatherer… architect? Civilisation's true dawn

The discovery of huge temples thousands of years older than agriculture suggests that culture arose from spiritual hunger, not full bellies, says David Robson

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Life

Texan creationism showdown may 'contaminate' textbook

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Life

Fish fossil suggests our skeleton evolved face first

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Life

Books and apps make animal-spotting easier than ever

CultureLab

Life

DNA-grabbing bacteria hint at early phase of evolution

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