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human evolution

Inhaling leaded petrol as a child may affect an adult's IQ

Health

Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

Exposure to leaded petrol as a child has been linked to an average IQ drop of 2.6 points among US adults, increasing to 5.9 points among those born in the mid-to-late 1960s

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The 'Cambrian explosion' saw the emergence of many animals we recognise today

Earth

Burst of animal evolution altered chemical make-up of Earth's mantle

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View of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), a large natural history museum containing the skeleton of the Tyrannosaur

Life

Tyrannosaurus rex may actually be three separate species

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Visualizing inferred human ancestral lineages over time and space. Each line represents an ancestor-descendant relationship in our inferred genealogy of modern and ancient genomes. The width of a line corresponds to how many times the relationship is observed, and lines are colored on the basis of the estimated age of the ancestor.

Humans

Largest ever family tree of humanity reveals our species' history

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An artist's impression of prehistoric mammal from the early Cretaceous period

Life

106-million-year-old virus found ‘fossilised’ in the human genome

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Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

Health

Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

Features

Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

Health

Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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C5E974 Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

Life

A tiny change to an inner ear bone led bats to evolve into two groups

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Corona virus, illustration.

Health

How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

The coronavirus is evolving to become more transmissible, and eventually it could even overtake measles, the most contagious virus we know of

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Life

Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens

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Life

Why cat-like creatures vanished from North America for 6 million years

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Humans

A West African writing system shows how letters evolve to get simpler

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Humans

Ancient humans may have started hunting 2 million years ago

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