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Humans have been relatively short for thousands of years
Until around 150 years ago, humans were relatively short 鈥� but our recent growth spurt may have more to do with social factors than dietary ones
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Canine teeth shrank in human ancestors at least 4.5 million years ago
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What can we can learn from being the last type of human left standing?
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Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans
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Neanderthals may have grown their baby teeth faster than we do
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![Australopithecus sediba silhouette showing the newly-found vertebrae along with other skeletal remains from the species. The enlarged detail (a photograph of the fossils in articulation on the left; micro-computed tomography models on the right) shows the newly discovered fossils, in colour on the right between previously known elements in grey. Right: Life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba com-missioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. [? Sculpture: Elisabeth Daynes / Photograph: S. Entres?sangle]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/23130516/PRI_211648445.jpg?w=300&h=225&crop=1)
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New Australopithecus sediba bones suggest extinct hominin was bipedal
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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves
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Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal
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Our Human Story newsletter: The patterns of domestication
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Why the ancestors of dogs were our colleagues not friends
Pat Shipman鈥檚 book, Our Oldest Companions: the story of the first dogs, explores the surprising story of how humans and dogs came to join forces
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How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago
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The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past
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We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species’ origins
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The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution
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