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Frodo's basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived

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Frodo's basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived

A new cave has been found at the site where Homo floresiensis hobbits were discovered. It could hold more bones and shed light on the hobbits' origins

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My brain collection could help us all thrive in old age

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My brain collection could help us all thrive in old age

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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae

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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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Life may have begun 300 million years earlier than we thought

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Life may have begun 300 million years earlier than we thought

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Plants spike nectar with caffeine and give bees a buzz

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Plants spike nectar with caffeine and give bees a buzz

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First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe

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First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe

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Stonehenge builders had barbecue feasts at nearby party centre

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Stonehenge builders had barbecue feasts at nearby party centre

An analysis of pottery and animal remains from the Durrington Walls settlement in Wiltshire, UK, suggests that Neolithic people met there to revel

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Some liked it hot: Dinosaurs evolved range of body temperatures

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Genome of ancient Ethiopian tells of back-to-Africa migration

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Elephants almost never get cancer thanks to multiple gene copies

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