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Cost-cutting bacteria reap benefits of energy thrift

Building throwaway proteins on the cheap gives bacteria an evolutionary advantage

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Master gene-shuffler makes us all different

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Thank mothers for large ape brains

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Thank mothers for large ape brains

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How animals evolved personalities

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Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less

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Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less

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Tortoise banquet: Remains of the oldest feast found

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Tortoise banquet: Remains of the oldest feast found

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Zoologger: Live birth, evolving before our eyes

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Zoologger: Live birth, evolving before our eyes

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Infrared chlorophyll could boost solar cells

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Early humans were butchers 3.4 million years ago

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Early humans were butchers 3.4 million years ago

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Ancient crocodile chewed like a mammal

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Ancient crocodile chewed like a mammal

The discovery of a croc with molars, incisors and canines like ours indicates that specialised teeth evolved at least twice

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Hydrogen bombshell: Rewriting life's history

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Reptilians were the earliest North American pioneers

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Dog brains rotated by selective breeding

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Did emotions evolve to push others into cooperation?

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