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Ice-age nettles may survive in dark Chinese caves

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Ice-age nettles may survive in dark Chinese caves

Walk into a cave in south-west China and you could be stepping back 30,000 years – they could be a time capsule preserving rare nettles from the last ice age

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Terminal buzz gives bats their hunting edge

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The vast Asian realm of the lost humans

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The vast Asian realm of the lost humans

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Domestic violence gets evolutionary explanation

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Your brain's family album, from hydra to human

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Your brain's family album, from hydra to human

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Humans colonised Asia in two waves

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Humans colonised Asia in two waves

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Metamorphosis: Evolution's freak factory

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Metamorphosis: Evolution's freak factory

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A brief history of the brain

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A brief history of the brain

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Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

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Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

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Advanced birds lived alongside 'hairy' dinosaurs

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Advanced birds lived alongside 'hairy' dinosaurs

A trove of dinosaur and bird feathers preserved in amber offer a snapshot of feathered life 79 million years ago

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Artificial cells made to reproduce thanks to DNA

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Synthetic yeast will evolve on command

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Bonobo Eden: At home with the peace-and-love apes

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Evolutionary mystery of female orgasm deepens

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