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Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

Life

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

One of the back bones from the important early human comes from a baboon – a surprising discovery for such a well-studied primate fossil

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Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Life

Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Features

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Life

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Features

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Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

Leader

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

Health

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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The best parents don't try to score top marks

Mind

The best parents don't try to score top marks

CultureLab

Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

Life

Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Life

Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Features

Finding the players in the symphony of IQ genes

Life

Finding the players in the symphony of IQ genes

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Moderate drink during pregnancy can lower baby's IQ

Health

Moderate drink during pregnancy can lower baby's IQ

A study of genetic mutations which slow the body's breakdown of alcohol has teased out the true relationship between drinking and its effect on a fetus

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Mind

Why IQs are rising – and why it's deadly serious

Opinion

Life

Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests

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Technology

Crowd IQ is proof that the hivemind is usually best

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Life

Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQ

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