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Puzzles of evolution: Are other hominins alive today?

Humans

Puzzles of evolution: Are other hominins alive today?

Legends of human-like creatures, such as Bigfoot and the Yeti, have entranced us for centuries. Perhaps small groups of our cousins survive in remote regions

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Puzzles of evolution: Did we kill off Neanderthals?

Humans

Puzzles of evolution: Did we kill off Neanderthals?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why are our brains so big?

Humans

Puzzles of evolution: Why are our brains so big?

Features

Puzzles of evolution: Why aren't we more like chimps?

Humans

Puzzles of evolution: Why aren't we more like chimps?

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Earth

Haze clears on ancient Earth's early atmosphere

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Simple worms are closet brainiacs

Life

Simple worms are closet brainiacs

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Chinese human fossils unlike any known species

Life

Chinese human fossils unlike any known species

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Microraptor's glossy black feather coat reconstructed

Life

Microraptor's glossy black feather coat reconstructed

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Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species

Life

Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species

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The story of language: culture not nature

Life

The story of language: culture not nature

The cultural foundations of human language is a story very much in the making, says Daniel Everett, because it must see off notions that language is innate

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Humans

Middle age: A triumph of human evolution

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Earth

Zoologger: The worm that looks like a tree

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Life

Neanderthals were ancient mariners

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Life

Ötzi the ice mummy's secrets found in DNA

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