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human evolution

Move over, Einstein: Machines will take it from here

Physics

Move over, Einstein: Machines will take it from here

Evolutionary computing lets anyone discover new laws of nature – but does this mean the end of science as we know it?

Features

Modern bodies: Our 10,000-year makeover

Life

Modern bodies: Our 10,000-year makeover

Features

Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe

Life

Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe

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Fluid societies powered human evolution

Life

Fluid societies powered human evolution

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Key to humanity is in missing DNA

Life

Key to humanity is in missing DNA

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Tumours could be the ancestors of animals

Life

Tumours could be the ancestors of animals

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Zoologger: Megamouth, the shark that has to suck it up

Life

Zoologger: Megamouth, the shark that has to suck it up

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Earth

Evolution races to keep up with climate change

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Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

Life

Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

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First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

Life

First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

The "walking cactus", a 520-million-year-old fossil animal, is hinting how critters first strapped on armour to defend themselves against predators

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Earth

Biology Nobelist: Natural selection will destroy us

Opinion

Life

Did Neanderthals use feathers for fashion?

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Life

Urge to migrate found in bird genes

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Life

Why some gonorrhoea bacteria are a little bit human

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