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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

Newly discovered cave art gives fresh insight into the minds of our ancestors - and upends the idea that a Stone Age cultural explosion was unique to Europe

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Richard Lewontin

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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Bristlenose Plecos

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Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved

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New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved

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New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved

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Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

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Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

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Earliest known bubonic plague strain found in 5000-year-old skull

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Newly identified ancestor of Neanderthals complicates the human story

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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

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Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank

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Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank

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Many female animals are evolving to look more attractive to mates

Sexual selection, a mechanism of evolution that can drive the appearance of bright feathers and elaborate horns, is more widespread among females than many researchers expected

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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species

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The first complex cell may have had dozens of nuclei instead of one

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Monkeys can change their accent to communicate with another species

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Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory

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