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human evolution

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

Humans

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

C-sections mean that babies whose heads are too big or whose mothers’ pelvises are too narrow, are able to survive – a fact that might be changing our species

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Flatfish are some of the most asymmetric vertebrates around

Life

Why baby flatfish grow into the wonkiest animals in the world

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Seaside scene of cliffs and waves

Life

Weeping rock mystery down to microbe builders and barnacle chefs

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Model of how Lucy might have looked

Humans

Early hominin Lucy had powerful arms from years of tree-climbing

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A shadowy figure stands in front of an array of square lights

Technology

Bacteria taught to bond carbon and silicon for the first time

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Bunnies eat toxic leaves to conquer Australia’s snowy peaks

Life

Bunnies eat toxic leaves to conquer Australia’s snowy peaks

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Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains

Life

Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains

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Humans have purged the bad genes from our Neanderthal hook-ups

Humans

Humans have purged the bad genes from our Neanderthal hook-ups

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Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier

Life

Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier

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Desert lizard can sip water from sand through its feet and back

Life

Desert lizard can sip water from sand through its feet and back

No water in sight? No worries, if you're a thorny devil: you just cover yourself in soggy sand and water starts flowing to your mouth

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Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Features

Humans

Future Humans: Just how far can our evolution go?

Culture

Health

A bit of disgust can change how confident you feel

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Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

Features

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