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human evolution

Zoologger: Colour tricks help put a cuckoo in the nest

Life

Zoologger: Colour tricks help put a cuckoo in the nest

Unlike most birds, female cuckoos come in different colours – it's all part of a strategy to avoid raising their own chicks

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Modern culture began in South Africa 44,000 years ago

Life

Modern culture began in South Africa 44,000 years ago

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Man sitting on pavement holding a cardboard sign with downcast head

Humans

Inequality: Why egalitarian societies died out

Opinion

The true faces of emotion

Life

The true faces of emotion

Features

Was America first colonised by two cultures at once?

Life

Was America first colonised by two cultures at once?

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Hominins did not need boats to settle islands

Life

Hominins did not need boats to settle islands

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The yuck factor: The surprising power of disgust

Life

The yuck factor: The surprising power of disgust

Features

Climate change drives salmon evolution

Life

Climate change drives salmon evolution

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Sex endows evolutionary advantage in tough conditions

Life

Sex endows evolutionary advantage in tough conditions

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Oldest pottery hints at cooking's ice-age origins

Life

Oldest pottery hints at cooking's ice-age origins

Fragments of pots from a Chinese cave are 20,000 years old, and may have been used to cook food during the depths of the last ice age

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Life

Eats bark, fruit and leaves: diet of ancient human

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Physics

Evolution could generate new semiconducting structures

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Life

Is God's mercy to blame for high crime rates?

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Health

Publication of flu study reveals full nature of threat

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