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Thank climate change for the rise of humans

Some claim that climate change will destroy the human race – archaeological studies suggest it helped to create us

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The end of ageing: Why life begins at 90

Life

The end of ageing: Why life begins at 90

Features

Superbugs may be here to stay

Life

Superbugs may be here to stay

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Life

Industrial revolution sealed Neanderthals' fate

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Cuban flowers rely on bat signal for survival

Life

Cuban flowers rely on bat signal for survival

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Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch as first bird

Life

Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch as first bird

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Patchwork people: Our hybrid origins

Life

Patchwork people: Our hybrid origins

Features

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Life

Dim polar light drove humans to evolve larger eyes

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Read all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip

Life

Read all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip

Comment

Existence: Will we die out?

Life

Existence: Will we die out?

Evolution, pandemic, disaster: one way or another, we're done for, says Kate Douglas

Features

Health

Sluggish movement at altitude is partly a brain effect

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Humans

The high cost of being a woman in science

Opinion

Life

Zoologger: No brain, but at least it's got personality

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Life

Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

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