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Were our earliest hominid ancestors European?

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Were our earliest hominid ancestors European?

A 12-million-year-old fossil from Spain suggests that hominids migrated into Africa before the evolution of modern humans

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Six things science has revealed about the female orgasm

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Human speech gene gives mouse a baritone squeak

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Christians battle each other over evolution

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Q&A: Jørn Hurum on Ida, media hype and primate evolution

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Q&A: Jørn Hurum on Ida, media hype and primate evolution

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Sweet tooth drives tool use in chimpanzees

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Sweet tooth drives tool use in chimpanzees

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Giant dinosaurs kept heads held high

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Giant dinosaurs kept heads held high

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Turbo-evolution shows cod speeding to extinction

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Turbo-evolution shows cod speeding to extinction

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Confidence as important as IQ in exam success

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Ancient teeth hint that right-handedness is nothing new

Archaeological finds suggest that "lefties" have been coping with a right-handed world for more than half a million years

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Why Ida fossil is not the missing link

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Ötzi the Iceman: Up close and personal

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Review: How storytelling shaped humanity

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Human pathogens threaten ancient cave art

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