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Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa

Humans

Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa

The evolutionary origins of the tiny Indonesian hominin Homo floresiensis have perplexed us for years – now there’s a new twist to the tale, suggesting we had it figured out all wrong

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Life

The heretical passion of the man who first described Parkinson's

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Humans

Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

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Humans

Your true self: The future is a foreign person

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invisible man

Humans

Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

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Ant carrying back injured nestmate

Life

Soldier ants carry comrades wounded in raids back to base

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

Earth

Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

Life

Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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São Tomé grosbeak

Life

World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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The new cavefish

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

A remote underground cave system in Germany has yielded a ghost-like cavefish that evolved as recently as 16,000 years ago

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Humans

Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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Life

Inside knowledge: What's really going on in the minds of animals

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Life

Mice lived with us 15,000 years ago even before farming took off

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Life

Putting bigger brains down to our social nature is half-baked

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