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Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life

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Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life

What was the last shared ancestor of all life like? How did it make its living? A radical new answer could explain some of the most mysterious features of life

Features

We can build a sustainable world – if you want it

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We can build a sustainable world – if you want it

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Brazil's mega power line threatens Amazon's top reserve

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China battles to be first ecological civilisation

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China battles to be first ecological civilisation

Analysis

Butterflies near salted roads grow larger eyes and muscles

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Butterflies near salted roads grow larger eyes and muscles

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Deadly strandings of sea lion pups explained

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Deadly strandings of sea lion pups explained

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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet

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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet

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Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

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Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

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Stop Nicaragua's canal and save thousands of species

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Stop Nicaragua's canal and save thousands of species

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Tree of bird life could solve Noah's Ark problem

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Tree of bird life could solve Noah's Ark problem

Genetic analysis has revealed which birds are the most unique and ancient in evolutionary terms – giving conservationists a new way to decide which to save

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Colorado River delta revived by historic water release

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Earth

Is Exxon Valdez oil still a threat 25 years on?

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Life

Time to sterilise farmed salmon to save wild cousins

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Life

Shrub is a smart gambler when tackling parasites

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