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Humans

First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

If the finding from butchered mastodon bones stands up to scrutiny, it could change everything we thought we knew about the earliest humans in the Americas

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Humans

Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

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Humans

Your true self: The future is a foreign person

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Humans

Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

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Humans

Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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Life

Inside knowledge: What's really going on in the minds of animals

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Life

Should a child's health concerns trump sperm donor privacy?

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Life

Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

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Humans

Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers

DNA extracted from dental plaque suggests our extinct cousins could self-medicate and they shared mouth bacteria with humans, perhaps transmitted by kissing

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Health

Try these simple mental tests to see if you're a good athlete

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Health

Injection could permanently lower cholesterol by changing DNA

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Humans

Super-you: Train your brain to beat the inbuilt fear factory

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Humans

The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

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