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Our supposed earliest human relative may have walked on four legs

Humans

Our supposed earliest human relative may have walked on four legs

The femur of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, generally regarded as the oldest known hominin, has finally been scientifically examined. The results suggest it walked on four legs, so may not actually be a close human relative at all

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Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are

Humans

Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are

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Social community seamless pattern of diverse people group in modern style, colorful crowd loop background with mixed men and women.

Humans

What can we learn from failed attempts to change people's behaviour?

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Llamas may have been buried alive in ritual sacrifice by the Incas

Humans

Llamas may have been buried alive in ritual sacrifice by the Incas

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early humans

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Climate change may have driven early human species to extinction

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City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages

Humans

City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages

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Millions of missing female births predicted in India in next decade

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Millions of missing female births predicted in India in next decade

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Earliest known beds are 227,000-year-old piles of grass and ash

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What is peer review?

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What is peer review?

Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

Life

Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

Foxes rooting through our rubbish to scavenge for food isn’t just a modern-day phenomenon – analysis of animal bones in Germany shows foxes were eating human leftovers 42,000 years ago

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Human evolution

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Human eggs release chemicals that attract some sperm more than others

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Environment

Only a fifth of ice-free land on Earth has very little human influence

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