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Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

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Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

Evidence is mounting that primitive birds initially evolved flight using four wings

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The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

Humans

The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

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Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

Life

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

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Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

Life

Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

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The father of all men is 340,000 years old

Life

The father of all men is 340,000 years old

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Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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Timing was everything when Darwin's bombshell exploded

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Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Life

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Opinion

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Opinion

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Life

Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

Iron oxide in the world's oldest sedimentary rocks suggest photosynthesis evolved 370 million years earlier than we thought, not long after life began

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Life

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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Life

Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

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Earth

How was Earth's life kindled under a cold sun?

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