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Earth

Surprising ways the changing Earth shaped human evolution and society

From the development of our remarkable brains to the geographic divides in the way we vote, our shape-shifting planet has guided the path of humanity

Features

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Humans

Did the ancestor of all humans evolve in Europe not Africa?

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Health

Men who have children later in life may prime their kids for longevity

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Callao cave

Humans

New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

Humans

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

Features

Polygenic risk scores estimate your likelihood of developing some health conditions

Health

Genetic risk scores on their own aren't that good at predicting health

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Comment

Genetics studies are too white – that’s failing people and science

Comment

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Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

Leader

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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

Without realising people seem to synchronise their inhales with starting a task, and they sometimes perform better when they do so

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Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

Technology

Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it

Insight

Humans

We don't know what a fifth of our genes do – and won’t find out soon

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