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human evolution

Darwin's dangerous idea: Top 10 evolution articles

Life

Darwin's dangerous idea: Top 10 evolution articles

One hundred and fifty years after it was first proposed, natural selection continues to be a battleground and a hotbed of new ideas. Here are the best stories from 2008

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Life

2008: A good year for Neanderthals

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Life

Did warfare drive out-of-Africa migration?

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Who did most to knock man off his pedestal?

Life

Who did most to knock man off his pedestal?

Opinion

Darwin vs Galileo: Who cut us down to size?

Life

Darwin vs Galileo: Who cut us down to size?

Opinion

How to stop creationism gaining a hold in Islam

Life

How to stop creationism gaining a hold in Islam

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Life

Justice may be hard-wired into the human brain

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Life

DNA is recovered from ancestral snack

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Are daughters-in-law to blame for the menopause?

Life

Are daughters-in-law to blame for the menopause?

Features

Neanderthal genome already giving up its secrets

Life

Neanderthal genome already giving up its secrets

The decoding of the nuclear genome should be complete by year's end, say researchers – early glimpses are already ruling some theories about our extinct close relatives

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Life

Jealous dogs don't play ball

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Earth

Meteor impacts may have sparked life on Earth

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Life

Deadly fungus gets sexy in heat

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Life

Deep-voiced men not guaranteed to impress

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