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Migration mystery: Who were the first Americans?

Life

Migration mystery: Who were the first Americans?

We thought we knew who first set foot in the Americas, but new evidence means the question of our last great migration is wide open again

Features

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Life

Bigger isn't always better for becoming multicellular

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Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us

Life

Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us

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Should we aim to live like cavemen?

Life

Should we aim to live like cavemen?

Opinion

Farming has deep roots in Chinese ice age

Life

Farming has deep roots in Chinese ice age

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Birds evolve shorter wings to survive on roads

Life

Birds evolve shorter wings to survive on roads

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Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

Life

Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

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The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

Humans

The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

Features

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

Life

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

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Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

Life

Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

Parallels with pygmy marmosets suggest that Homo floresiensis could be a distinct dwarf species rather than an unusual form of our species

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Life

The father of all men is 340,000 years old

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Life

Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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Life

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Opinion

Timing was everything when Darwin's bombshell exploded

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