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Health

Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age

The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

Humans

Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

Features

Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Humans

Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

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Humans

Early hominin had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength

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Humans

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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Life

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends Horizon: Secrets of the brain

Culture

Central market in Acanceh, Yucatan state, Mexico

Humans

We evolved to match local micronutrient levels, which may be a problem

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Deadly poisonous white mushrooms (Amanita phalloides, death cap) grow in forest

Environment

The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

Features

Illustration of a teenage girl who is the offspring of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) mother and Denisovan (Homo sapiens denisova) father. A bone fragment with this hybrid ancestry was found in the Denisova Cave in Russia. The bone belonged to a female who was at least 13 years old and died around 90,000 years ago. It was known from genetic analysis of other fossils that the two species had interbred, but this is the first first-generation offspring of such a pairing to be found.

Humans

Understanding the Denisovans means understanding ourselves

Categorising the Denisovans as a distinct species would allow us to more comprehensively trace our own evolutionary development

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Life

We are unlocking how frozen microbes stay alive for 100,000 years

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Humans

An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

Features

Humans

Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Culture

Humans

Exploring humanity's ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary

Culture

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