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Our Human Story newsletter: The patterns of domestication

Why did ancient humans begin to domesticate animals? Plus, a new hominin species has been named – but it may not stick

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2C72R3H Rock carvings from the bronze age with a scene where two men with dogs and spears hunting a huge wild boar. One of the dogs is dead. The carvings are

Humans

Why the ancestors of dogs were our colleagues not friends

Culture

Ancient faeces sitting on a rock

Humans

Ancient faeces show Iron Age miners ate blue cheese and drank beer

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Ripening wheat field in the UK

Environment

It’s now easier to run trials testing CRISPR-edited crops in England

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Wild chimpanzee walking through a forest

Life

How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago

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Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

Health

Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

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The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

Humans

The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

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E08ERC Sand dune landscape in Arabian desert.

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We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

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illustration of faces in the desert

Humans

The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution

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Life

Harvestman genome helps explain how arachnids got grasping legs

Daddy-long-legs, or harvestmen, are spider-like arachnids with “prehensile” legs that grasp like a monkey’s tail – and now a genetic analysis helps explain how the legs form

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Humans

Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

Features

Humans

Most detailed human genome sequence yet reveals our hidden variation

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Health

The fight against coronavirus needs to embrace evolutionary theory

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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