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Life

Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved

Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relationship that led to complex cells more than 2 billion years ago

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Humans

Fossil teeth may come from a new species of early hominin

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Health

The real reason why we lost the ability to make vitamin C

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Humans

Your pet dog’s ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?

Features

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

Life

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

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Humans

Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

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Atmospheric graveyard

Humans

What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

Features

Humans

Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists

Features

Life

Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth

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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

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Humans

'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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Life

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

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Life

Ash trees are rapidly evolving some resistance to ash dieback disease

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