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human evolution

Zoologger: My lizard persona depends on my neighbours

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Zoologger: My lizard persona depends on my neighbours

Different stress levels will make wall lizards from a group of Aegean islands flee or drop their tails – and it all depends on who they grew up with

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'Missing' disaster led to all-time worst extinction

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'Missing' disaster led to all-time worst extinction

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Transformers: 10 revolutions that made us human

Life

Transformers: 10 revolutions that made us human

Features

Thoroughly modern humans interbred with Neanderthals

Life

Thoroughly modern humans interbred with Neanderthals

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Transformers: Humanity's next 1000 years

Technology

Transformers: Humanity's next 1000 years

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Extinct giant kangaroos didn't hop, they walked

Life

Extinct giant kangaroos didn't hop, they walked

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Violins evolved by Stradivarian design

Technology

Violins evolved by Stradivarian design

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Australia's toad vanguard hops straight to invade fast

Earth

Australia's toad vanguard hops straight to invade fast

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Lung cancer's long hibernation may be its weak spot

Life

Lung cancer's long hibernation may be its weak spot

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Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

Life

Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

A man who died in 315 BC in southern Africa is the closest relative yet known to humanity's common female ancestor – mitochondrial Eve

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Life

A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

CultureLab

Life

Holocene Park

Regulars

Life

Cave art discovery is rewriting human prehistory

Leader

Life

Zoologger: No escape from hunting harvestman's sticky grasp

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