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human evolution

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First Neanderthal genome completed

A mitochondrial genome sequence from a 38,000-year-old bone offers a glimpse of the genetic changes that separate Neanderthals from humans

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Mind

Editorial: Intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to be

Opinion

Early Europeans quickly got a taste for milk

Life

Early Europeans quickly got a taste for milk

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Male dominance is no guarantee of genetic success

Life

Male dominance is no guarantee of genetic success

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World's smallest snake discovered

Earth

World's smallest snake discovered

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Review: The Score by Faye Flam

Books & Arts

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How snakes got their fangs

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Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled

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Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled

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Grunting fish tell of the origins of human speech

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Grunting fish tell of the origins of human speech

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First Europeans shunned Neanderthal sex

Cro-Magnon DNA contains no trace of Neanderthal DNA, and claims of possible contamination from modern humans have been quashed

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Flatfish caught evolving, thanks to its roving eye

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Life

How bats made the leap from gliding to flying

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Life

Rewriting Darwin: The new non-genetic inheritance

Features

Life

Creationists launch cynical attack on school science

Opinion

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