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human evolution

Humans reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than thought

Humans

Humans reached the Americas 15,000 years earlier than thought

Almost 2000 stone tools have been found in a Mexican cave and some seem to be 33,000 years old – suggesting people reached America before the peak of the last glacial period

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Anthropological models

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Human evolution

Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

Life

Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

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Complex cells may have evolved due to a shortage of trace metals

Life

Complex cells may have evolved due to a shortage of trace metals

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city street

Health

Rise of measles linked with emergence of large cities 2500 years ago

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Mussasaurus egg

Life

The first dinosaurs may have laid soft eggs without hard shells

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Einsteins Unfinished Revolution

10 of the best non-fiction science books to read right now

Culture

Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

Last Word

Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

Regulars

sabre-toothed anchovy

Life

Ancient anchovies were huge and used sabre teeth to eat other fish

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How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

Life

How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

For years, the oldest turtle fossils we could find had fully formed shells. Now, more primitive fossils are revealing the strange tale of how turtle shells evolved

Features

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

Video

Video

Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

Video

Life

Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

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Life

Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses

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