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Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its evolutionary purpose may be to deter mushroom-munching insects

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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

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Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a Miocene ape

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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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Green DNA with trees

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Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved to be so different from other primates

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What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

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A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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Sperm's evolutionary origins go back before multicellular animals

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