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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

Our taste for alcohol results from an evolutionary tussle between humans and yeast – one in which the microbes have often had the upper hand

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First farmers' trash put wolves in the doghouse

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First farmers' trash put wolves in the doghouse

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology

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3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology

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Wolves bite back in the human world

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Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

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Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

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The hologenome: A new view of evolution

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The hologenome: A new view of evolution

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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater

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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater

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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?

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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?

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Human hands evolved so we could punch each other

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Human hands evolved so we could punch each other

Suitability for punching may have driven our hands to evolve differently from those of other primates

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Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs

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2013 Smart Guide: Searching for human origins in Asia

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Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins

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War of words: The language paradox explained

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