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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has been linked to a decline in the proportion of male babies being born, in line with previous findings that fewer boys are born after population-wide stressful events

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A series of hominoid crania (counterclockwise from the L): juvenile Australopithecus, adult Australopithecus, adult chimpanzee, juvenile chimpanzee, adult Homo erectus (center). Specimens photographed at the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Humans

Our ancestors’ prenatal growth sped up after we split from chimps

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Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics

Health

Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA

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TR6FYA bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae, Calypte helenae), male on a branch, Cuba, Zapata National Park

Life

These male hummingbirds evolved to be tiny so they can do cool dives

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Pantolambda

Life

Early mammals lived faster and died younger than modern ones

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Cup fungus (Dasyscyphella nivea) covered in water droplets, beside Zygote fungi (Zygomycota), close up. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Life

Fungi evolved their weird and wild shapes in two big bursts

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A large, black Newfoundland dog with drool dripping from its half open mouth

Life

Mucus has evolved at least 15 times in mammals

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3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Humans

Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

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Saccorhytus coronarius

Life

Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn't our earliest ancestor after all

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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

Unlike people, 43 species of monkeys and apes are known to have so-called vocal membranes, which may prevent them from having precise voice control

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Humans

Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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Life

Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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Humans

Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

Culture

Humans

Evolution of lactose tolerance probably driven by famine and disease

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