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Life

Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern hemisphere before moving north – and beyond

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Health

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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USA, Alaska, Katmai National Park, Young female Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) rests on river bank beneath coastal mountains along Kinak Bay on autumn morning. Photograph by Paul Souders.

Life

What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us

Features

Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

Life

Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

Humans

Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Life

The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm

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Life

Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies

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Life

Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life

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Life

Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

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Humans

Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

Bone fragments from a cave in northern Spain suggest there were multiple hominin species living in western Europe around a million years ago

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Humans

The biggest coincidence in human evolution

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Humans

The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes folktales so compelling

Features

Life

Sex may have evolved as a way to pool resources during tough times

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Life

Stone tools help monkeys thrive in hostile habitats

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