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Humans

The origins of language discovered in music, mime and mimicry

Two million years ago, our ancestors started singing to ward off predators putting humanity on a path that led to the evolution of language

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Writing: Making Your Mark reveals the power of the written word

Humans

Writing: Making Your Mark reveals the power of the written word

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Earth

Surprising ways the changing Earth shaped human evolution and society

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Humans

Did the ancestor of all humans evolve in Europe not Africa?

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Health

Men who have children later in life may prime their kids for longevity

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Archocyrtus kovalevi likely fed on the nectar of gymnosperms

Life

Pollinators may have evolved 40 million years before flowers existed

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Humans

New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

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This illustration shows an artistic reconstruction of two individuals of Peregocetus, one standing along the rocky shore of nowadays Peru and the other preying upon sparid fish. The presence of a tail fluke remains hypothetical.

Life

Amazing four-legged fossil shows how walking whales learned to swim

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

Humans

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Life

Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

CRISPR gene editing has been used to create genetically modified reptiles for the first time. The breakthrough could help us study certain eye disorders

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Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

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Earth

Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life

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Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

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