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Ancient DNA suggests dogs split from wolves 40,000 years ago

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Ancient DNA suggests dogs split from wolves 40,000 years ago

An extinct wolf's DNA has pushed back the origin of dogs by more than 10,000 years, but when humans domesticated them is still lost in the mists of time

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Oldest broken bone reveals our ancestors' switch to life on land

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Oldest broken bone reveals our ancestors' switch to life on land

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Cuckoos against the clock: Charming cheats in mystery decline

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Cuckoos against the clock: Charming cheats in mystery decline

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Bigger brains help female fish outwit predators and live longer

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Bigger brains help female fish outwit predators and live longer

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Flies share basic elements of human fear – but is it emotion?

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Flies share basic elements of human fear – but is it emotion?

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Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past

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Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past

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Microbes found at bottom of ocean are our long-lost relatives

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Microbes found at bottom of ocean are our long-lost relatives

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It hurts to be human: Why pain is fundamentally different for us

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It hurts to be human: Why pain is fundamentally different for us

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Hungry, in pain or content? Adults can't tell what a baby wants

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Hungry, in pain or content? Adults can't tell what a baby wants

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Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers

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Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers

Monkeys observed in Brazil can use tools, but they also know it doesn't take a sledgehammer to crack a nut – instead they exercise judgement and restraint

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Freakiest dinosaur ever found is a vegetarian relative of T. rex

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The human universe: Can we understand everything?

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This dinosaur had wings like a bat, but did it fly like one?

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