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human evolution

The first Americans: The untold story of the pioneers of the New World

Humans

The first Americans: The untold story of the pioneers of the New World

The Americas were the last continents conquered by humanity. Now we know that those who settled there were a hardy group that first had to survive in the Arctic

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Baby apes

Life

Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil

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Richard Dawkins

Life

Richard Dawkins: How we can outgrow God and religion

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Chimpanzees and a child

Humans

We may have a basic form of sign language in common with chimpanzees

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European populations have accumulated many mutations

Humans

Europeans have steadily accumulated mutations for thousands of years

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The cranium was discovered in Ethiopia

Humans

We've finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Technology

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

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Bee

Life

How killer bees evolved into chiller bees in just one decade

Features

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Humans

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Culture

The team have imaged Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum using electron microscopes

Life

Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution's biggest mysteries

At last, scientists have managed to grow, study and photograph a mysterious deep-sea microbe that could explain the evolutionary origin of our complex cells

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Life

World’s largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago

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Life

Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Culture

Life

Birds can thank attractive dinosaurs for their flight feathers

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Life

Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

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