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Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

Humans

Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

A butchered rhino found on the island of Luzon shows early humans were living in the Philippines 709,000 years ago, which may explain the origins of the diminutive Homo floresiensis

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Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Snails in performance

Life

The world's first snail orchestra makes its crunchy debut

Culture

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

Earth

The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

Earth

Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

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Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

Life

Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

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Landscape

Earth

Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency

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blossom

Life

Blossoms: The complex secrets of spring’s simple beauty

Culture

origins artwork

Humans

Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

The idea that all humans evolved from a small population in East Africa turns out to be wrong. Our beginnings were far stranger and more colourful

Features

Earth

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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Life

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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