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human evolution

Comparison between fossil footprints thought to be from Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei

Humans

Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side

Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived there at the same time about 1.5 million years ago

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Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

Life

Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

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Heart cockle shells

Life

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

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Life

A 200-year-old mystery about newts has finally been solved

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Humans

How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans

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People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

Technology

People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

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Life

Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

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Two yellow-bellied marmots on a rock in the Okanagan area of British Columbia, Canada

Life

Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Humans

Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Features

A protein from a single-celled organism called Haloferax volcanii

Life

Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life

Single-celled organisms called archaea can become multicellular when compressed, highlighting the role of physical forces in evolution

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Humans

How the evolution of citrus is inextricably linked with our own

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Video

Beth Shapiro: The ancient DNA pioneer’s mission to bring back the dodo

Video

Life

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

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Life

These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food

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