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Dear Diary, from Darwin's daughter

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Dear Diary, from Darwin's daughter

The diary of Henrietta Darwin – daughter of Charles – shows that she constructively edited some of her father's most famous works

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Chimp beds hint how early humans ditched tree-sleeping

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Chimp beds hint how early humans ditched tree-sleeping

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Zoologger: Meet the amphibian with sexual kidneys

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Zoologger: Meet the amphibian with sexual kidneys

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Social networks: Getting connected

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Social networks: Getting connected

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Ash traces hint at cave cuisine 1 million years ago

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Ash traces hint at cave cuisine 1 million years ago

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Black Queen tells microbes to be lazy

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Black Queen tells microbes to be lazy

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we become bipedal?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we become bipedal?

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Puzzles of evolution: When did language evolve?

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Puzzles of evolution: When did language evolve?

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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs

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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs

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Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

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Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

Can animal geniuses help us define the nature of intelligence, or are they a distraction?

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A question of intelligence

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we lose our fur?

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Puzzles of Evolution: Why was technological development so slow?

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Humans

Puzzles of evolution: Are some of us hybrids?

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