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Meaty puzzle: Did TB evolve to boost hungry brains?

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Meaty puzzle: Did TB evolve to boost hungry brains?

A meat diet fuelled the development of our big brain, but what happened when it ran short? We fostered a dangerous ally, say Adrian Williams and Robin Dunbar

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First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws

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First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws

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The father enigma: Why do nature's devoted dads care?

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The father enigma: Why do nature's devoted dads care?

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Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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When trilobites ruled the seas

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When trilobites ruled the seas

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Extreme evolution: How snakes became the über-eater

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Extreme evolution: How snakes became the über-eater

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Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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We are killing species at 1000 times the natural rate

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We are killing species at 1000 times the natural rate

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Emu-style birds have abandoned flight six times

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Emu-style birds have abandoned flight six times

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How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

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How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

We are moral because we need to be, argues Mark Johnson in Morality for Humans – and our moral compass rests on our knack for imagining future scenarios

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Friendship: Friends with many benefits

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Flooded cave hides Naia, a 13,000-year-old American

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Has social living shrunk our brains?

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How to speak Neanderthal: Perhaps we do already

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