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A life spent fighting fair about the roots of violence

Despite the fierce conflicts experienced living among anthropologists, science steals the show in Napoleon Chagnon's autobiography Noble Savages

CultureLab

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Life

Two worms, same brains – but one eats the other

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Life

US medical research chimps to retire to sanctuaries

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Photosynthesis: The emergence of quantum biology

Photosynthesis: The emergence of quantum biology

Features

Photosynthesis: Frontiers

Photosynthesis: Frontiers

Features

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Life

Stress can affect future generations' genes

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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Health

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Opinion

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

Technology

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

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Environment

Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art

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Life

Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

Our teeth erupt later than they did in our early ancestors, but not so the roots of our molars: they develop as they did in Homo erectus

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Earth

The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

Features

Life

First farmers' trash put wolves in the doghouse

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Life

To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace

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Life

Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

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