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human evolution

Toxic beetle’s genetics reveals how evolution makes new organs

Life

Toxic beetle’s genetics reveals how evolution makes new organs

Rove beetles have glands in their abdomen that secrete a toxin, and they are made up of just two cell types that evolved together – which may be how other animal organs originated

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What came first the chicken or the egg?

Question

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

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hominins

Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

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cerebellum

Humans

Brain's movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

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The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins

Life

The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins

Features

How to boost your self-awareness and make better decisions

Humans

How to boost your self-awareness and make better decisions

Features

chromosomes

Life

A species of yeast produces near-identical clones when it has sex

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Mice on opposite North American coasts evolved the same way

Life

Mice on opposite North American coasts evolved the same way

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artists image of cell differentiation

Life

Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs

Multicellular organisms were developing bodies with different kinds of cell much earlier than thought – a key step towards animals with complex bodies and multiple organs

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Life

Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how

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Question

Why do we yawn?

Life

Animals with weird neurons may rewrite the story of brain evolution

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Humans

How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

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