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Person cutting notches into bone with close-up of notched Neanderthal version on the left

Humans

Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

Regularly spaced notches on a raven's wing bone appear to have been carved for aesthetic reasons, with implications for Neanderthal intelligence

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chimp

Life

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

Features

Neanderthals sat round a campfire with bits of meat hanging up in the foreground

Humans

Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers

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action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group C match between England and Algeria

Health

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

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Humans

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

Features

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Features

Death: A special report on the inevitable

Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

Features

Bryan Johnson presenting some of his ideas

Health

$100 million project to make intelligence-boosting brain implant

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Mice’s love songs go wrong when ‘language gene’ is messed up

Life

Mice’s love songs go wrong when ‘language gene’ is messed up

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Poo

Health

Primate labs give us an edge, says China's brain project chief

China’s new brain project is uniquely placed to deliver breakthroughs in neuroscience and artificial intelligence, explains Mu-ming Poo

Features

Humans

Meet the US presidential candidate campaigning for immortality

Comment

Health

Parents giving unproven IQ-boosting drugs to kids with Down's

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Humans

Smarter every day: Increasing intelligence changed how we see IQ

Culture

Humans

Behind the scenes at London's urban archaeology warehouse

Features

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