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human evolution

Climate change determined humanity's global conquest

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Climate change determined humanity's global conquest

Modern humans only made it out of Africa when the changing climate made the Arabian desert passable – the rest of our migrations were climate-dependent too

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Dead sons may explain killer whale menopause

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Dead sons may explain killer whale menopause

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A brief history of the human genome

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A brief history of the human genome

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Let's use evolution to turn us green

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Let's use evolution to turn us green

Opinion

Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

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Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

Opinion

Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey

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Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey

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Don't junk the 'junk DNA' just yet

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Evolution could explain the placebo effect

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Evolution could explain the placebo effect

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Mind

Why IQs are rising – and why it's deadly serious

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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

Richer people ignore evolutionary pressures to have lots of children, preferring a smaller family to maintain their socioeconomic status

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Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility

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Life

The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

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Life

Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex

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Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean's depths

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