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Why 'RNA world' theory on origin of life may be wrong after all

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Why 'RNA world' theory on origin of life may be wrong after all

The discovery of a relic inside our cells is shaking up our understanding of the origin of life – a marriage of RNA and proteins may be how it all really began

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One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

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One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

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Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab

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Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab

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DNA study backs Native American claim to Kennewick Man remains

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DNA study backs Native American claim to Kennewick Man remains

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Monkeys' cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication

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Monkeys' cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication

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Handstands and cartwheels turn dwarf mongooses into tough guys

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Handstands and cartwheels turn dwarf mongooses into tough guys

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Island of wild children: Would they learn to be human?

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Island of wild children: Would they learn to be human?

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

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Sawfish is first vertebrate known to clone itself in the wild

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Sawfish is first vertebrate known to clone itself in the wild

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Gene study shows humans took Egyptian path out of Africa

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Gene study shows humans took Egyptian path out of Africa

Eurasian genomes have more in common with Egyptian than Ethiopian ones, suggesting Eurasians left Africa via a northern route

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CSI Stone Age: was 430,000-year-old hominin murdered?

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New species of early human was Lucy's neighbour in Africa

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The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig

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