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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

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Humans

'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

Humans

Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

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Mind

Women find other women’s faces even more attractive than men do

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Humans

Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

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Sentinel-5 seafloor scene

Environment

Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

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Five tests will help you understand the full scope of your imagination

Mind

Five tests will help you understand the full scope of your imagination

Features

The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds

Mind

The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds

Your imagination isn't just one thing. The latest neuroscience is untangling just how diverse this faculty really is, says cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman

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Humans

What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

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Health

How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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Health

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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Humans

Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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