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human evolution

A pair of cowpea seed beetles mating

Life

Traumatic beetle sex causes rapid evolutionary arms race

Male seed beetles use sharp spikes on their penises to damage females during sex, but females are evolving thicker tissue to resist them

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Graecopithecus seems to be different from any other ancient ape found in Europe

Life

Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

Life

Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

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evolution artwork

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

Features

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Features

The Dresser formation

Life

3.5-billion-year-old fossils hint life evolved in pond, not sea

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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bird of paradise

Life

We may have the evolution of beauty completely wrong

Culture

Models of the skulls of human ancestors

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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A sample containing DNA

Life

Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

We can now look for ancient human DNA at sites with no bone remains – and perhaps confirm claims such as that humans were present in the Americas 130,000 years ago

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Humans

First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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Life

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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Humans

Homo naledi is only 250,000 years old – here’s why that matters

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Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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