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human evolution

Did Neanderthal cells cook as the climate warmed?

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Did Neanderthal cells cook as the climate warmed?

Neanderthals may have gone extinct because adaptations to an Ice Age climate meant their bodies couldn't cope as temperatures climbed

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The dizzying diversity of human sexual strategies

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The dizzying diversity of human sexual strategies

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Amoeba tracks prompt rethink over early life

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Amoeba tracks prompt rethink over early life

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Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans?

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Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans?

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Recipes for life: How genes evolve

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Recipes for life: How genes evolve

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Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language

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Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language

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Ancient grave reveals 'Flintstone' nuclear family

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Ancient grave reveals 'Flintstone' nuclear family

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Life caused explosion in our planet's mineral wealth

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Life caused explosion in our planet's mineral wealth

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Rare fossil find sheds light on evolution of women

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Rare fossil find sheds light on evolution of women

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How warfare shaped human evolution

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How warfare shaped human evolution

Not only is war as old as humanity itself, it may even be the driver behind cooperative behaviour

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In search of the missing Stone Age tribes

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Chicken genome plucked bare by inbreeding

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Male-killing bacteria provide a surprise benefit

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Proto-humans mastered fire 790,000 years ago

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