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human evolution

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Life

The fossil finder extraordinaire who's rewriting human evolution

Lee Berger’s stunning discoveries of huge caches of ancient bones are overturning ideas about our origins, but not everyone likes his methods

Features

New Zealand’s iconic kiwi birds may be losing their sight

Life

New Zealand’s iconic kiwi birds may be losing their sight

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Fossilised worm holes

Environment

Tiny worm burrows may reveal when first complex animals evolved

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Outstretched hands holding earth

Life

Thousands of new lifeforms discovered that redraw tree of life

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Ankle fossil suggests our ancient ancestors leapt like acrobats

Humans

Ankle fossil suggests our ancient ancestors leapt like acrobats

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A spinning carousel

Humans

We seem to be getting stupider and population ageing may be why

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A third of UK adults question evolution. Does that matter?

Life

A third of UK adults question evolution. Does that matter?

Comment

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

Humans

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

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illustration of Hongyu chowi

Life

Weird fish fossil changes the story of how we moved onto land

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Picture showing one of the footprints discovered on a Greek island

Humans

Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa

A set of 5.7-million-year-old footprints, found on a Greek island, suggest that our earliest ancestors strayed far beyond their supposed African homeland

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Humans

It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice

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Humans

Male athletes with higher world rankings are better looking

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Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Features

Life

Magic mushroom chemical may be a hallucinogenic insect repellent

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