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Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

First maps of gene expression in Neanderthals and Denisovans could explain why they looked different from us – and why autism may be unique to humans

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Zoologger: Gender-bending cave insects found in Brazil

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Zoologger: Gender-bending cave insects found in Brazil

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Human 'missing link' fossils may be jumble of species

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Human 'missing link' fossils may be jumble of species

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

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Killing with kindness: Conservation's cautionary tale

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Killing with kindness: Conservation's cautionary tale

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

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Dino-killing asteroid cleared way for modern reef fish

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Dino-killing asteroid cleared way for modern reef fish

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Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates

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Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates

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Do animals have a sense of humour?

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Do animals have a sense of humour?

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Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now

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Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now

What is the smallest set of things that we need in a modern consumer society? Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller delves for insights

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Tree of bird life could solve Noah's Ark problem

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Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian

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Stuff: Humans as hunters and mega-gatherers

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Lava fossilised this Jurassic fern down to its cells

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