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'Dawn bird' sees <i>Archaeopteryx</i> return to bird fold

Life

'Dawn bird' sees Archaeopteryx return to bird fold

Archaeopteryx lost its place among the birds in 2011 – the discovery of an even older bird helps to restore the famous fossil to its perch

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Silent forests are bad news for the trees

Life

Silent forests are bad news for the trees

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1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet

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1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet

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Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?

Life

Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?

Opinion

Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps

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Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps

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Early weaning suggests Neanderthals matured faster

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Life

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Why penguins dumped flight for flippers

Life

Why penguins dumped flight for flippers

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

Life

Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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Did tectonic rift push apes and monkeys apart?

Earth

Did tectonic rift push apes and monkeys apart?

Fossils of the earliest ape and Old World monkey ever unearthed were found in the tectonically active East African Rift. Did the rift boost their evolution?

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Life

Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech

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Life

First land animals kept their fish faces

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Life

Out of Asia: Our surprising origins

Features

Life

Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing

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