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Wolves bite back in the human world

Grey wolves are an evolutionary success story, giving rise to the domestic dog 10,000 years ago and now rebounding from centuries of persecution

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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater

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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater

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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?

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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?

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Human hands evolved so we could punch each other

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Human hands evolved so we could punch each other

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Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs

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Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs

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2013 Smart Guide: Searching for human origins in Asia

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2013 Smart Guide: Searching for human origins in Asia

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Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins

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Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins

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Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

Life

Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

Opinion

War of words: The language paradox explained

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War of words: The language paradox explained

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Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

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Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

For the first time, geologists have found evidence of how modern photosynthesis evolved 2.4 billion years ago

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Life

A deliberate language barrier

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Humans

Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry

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Life

Zoologger: The beetle with a handle on its back

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Life

Our true dawn: Pinning down human origins

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