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human evolution

FEATURE CROP ONLY Galileos watercolours of the moon 'By courtesy of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBACT), Central National Library of Florence, Ban of Reproduction

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Scientific illustrations illuminate work by Galileo, Einstein and more

Taken from Anna EscardÓ's book Science Illustration: A history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today, these images range from Galileo's watercolours to a sketch from Einstein's notebook

Regulars

3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

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Chewing gum

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Chewing can increase your body's energy use by up to 15 per cent

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Saccorhytus coronarius

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Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn't our earliest ancestor after all

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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

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Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

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Digital restoration of fossil child and adult crania

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Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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A pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

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Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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DEWD0X Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Archaeological Site: Gran Dolina. World Heritage Site. Burgos. Castilla-Leon. Spain.

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Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

Culture

Illustration of a Neolithic farming village

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Evolution of lactose tolerance probably driven by famine and disease

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Illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex in the jungle

Life

Controversial idea that T. rex was three species comes under fire

A study that proposed Tyrannosaurus rex is three separate dinosaur species has been strongly disputed by another group of researchers, who say there was just one iconic tyrant lizard king

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Mistakenly calling AIs 'sentient' is more dangerous than we think

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Life

Ear anatomy shows warm-blooded animals evolved 233 million years ago

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A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water

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Life

Antarctic bacteria reveal an evolutionary limit to dealing with heat

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