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Losing their dino tail limited size of flightless birds

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Losing their dino tail limited size of flightless birds

As birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs, they lost their tails and had to crouch for balance. This kept their legs and therefore their size small

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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

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Darwinian business needn't be red in tooth and claw

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Darwinian business needn't be red in tooth and claw

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Oldest human genome reveals roots of first Americans

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Oldest human genome reveals roots of first Americans

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Don't bury Europe's remarkable prehistoric culture

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur

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Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur

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Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers

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Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers

European hunter-gatherers were the first to bring dogs to heel, perhaps as early as 32,000 years ago

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Himalayan fossils point to Asian origin of big cats

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Alfred Russel Wallace: A very rare specimen

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Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain

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Alga takes first evolutionary leap to multicellularity

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