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Humans

Utopia: The ancient discoveries that point to the ideal human society

Anthropology and archaeology are revealing that a human society can take myriad forms, which can teach us how to build a modern society that is more equal, resilient and stable

Features

How a radical redefinition of life could help us find aliens

Life

How a radical redefinition of life could help us find aliens

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Life

Ancient plant's leaves didn't follow golden rule as modern ones do

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Life

1.6-billion-year-old steroids may be traces of earliest complex life

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A group of Bonobos

Life

Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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Life

Comb jellies, not sponges, might be the oldest animal group after all

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Life

Butterflies evolved 100 million years ago in North America

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Health

Calorie boost may explain why adults evolved ability to digest milk

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The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next

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The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next

Culture

A black-and-white photo of a man dressed in warm furs crouching down next to Balto, a dog that appears to be a dark-furred husky type dog. Behind them is a brick building.

Life

Balto's genome reveals famed sledge dog was a mutt

Balto had a varied ancestry, sharing genes with Siberian huskies, Greenland sledge dogs, Vietnamese village dogs and Tibetan mastiffs

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Life

Evolutionary oddball has seven genomes inside a single cell

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Life

Early break-up of eastern African forests shaped our ape ancestors

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Humans

Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

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Comment

Sleeping Beauties review: The strange nature of nature's inventiveness

Culture

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