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human evolution

Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

Life

Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

Bats can carry viruses like Ebola and Marburg that are lethal for humans. This may be because, in order to fly, their bodies have given up on fighting such viruses

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Reconstruction of Cheddar Man's head and shoulders

Humans

Ancient 'dark-skinned' Briton Cheddar Man find may not be true

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crowd of people

Life

Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future

Features

artwork

Humans

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

Features

A man drinking out of a bottle of alcohol

Health

We're evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol

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Chickens for sale

Health

Flu is evolving in new and unpredictable ways in China’s poultry

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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

Life

Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Life

We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

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An X chromosome from someone with fragile X syndrome

Health

CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability

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Humans

Our cities are driving evolution and it's not all bad news

Urbanisation may be overrunning our planet, but in his book Darwin Comes to Town, evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen seeks – and finds – the positives

Culture

Humans

Early Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and blue eyes

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Humans

Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Humans

Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago

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Life

Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier

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