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human evolution

Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

By suffocating sponges and searching underwater lakes we're overturning the story of how complex life began on Earth

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oxygen bubbles

Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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seadragon

Life

First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild

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Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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Illustration of goose against wooded backdrop

Life

Extinct giant goose used its wings to fight rather than fly

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Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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Glow-worm cave

Life

Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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Footprints clearly imprinted in ancient rock

Humans

Oldest early human footprints suggest males had several ‘wives’

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Red deer on Rum in Scotland

Life

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains

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Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Humans

Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

US district judge Morris Hoffman weighs up the evidence for the prosecution in Martin Daly's book Killing the Competition, and wonders why murder is so rare

Culture

Life

Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

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Life

Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish

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Humans

Super-you: Train your brain to beat the inbuilt fear factory

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Humans

Skull casket holding human bones reveals weird burial rituals

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