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whales and dolphins

A troop of Bonobos

Life

Mystery ghost ape species found hidden in bonobo’s genome

A comparison of chimpanzee genomes has found signs that a previously unknown species of chimpanzee once lived in the forests of central Africa

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A fetus in the womb

Health

Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

Life

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Bohr

Physics

What Is Real? A tale of how big egos hijacked quantum physics

Culture

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

Earth

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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speculum

Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

Regulars

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change

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Technology

Monkey face recognition app can help spot endangered primates

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Life

Bonobos barely use their opposable thumbs when climbing trees

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Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

Insight

Earth

A mix-up means US air pollution is way worse than thought

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