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human evolution

Microscopic calcite structures reveal the protein skeleton of an ancient sponge

Life

Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago

The preserved remains of sponges found in Canada suggest that animals may have originated 350 million years earlier than we thought

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Life

Single-celled organism has evolved a natural mechanical computer

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

Humans

Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

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Richard Lewontin

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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Bristlenose Plecos

Life

Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved

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New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved

Humans

New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved

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Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

Humans

Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

Culture

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Humans

Earliest known bubonic plague strain found in 5000-year-old skull

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Humans

Newly identified ancestor of Neanderthals complicates the human story

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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

Health

The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

New developments in a 10,000-year-old cold case have upended our ideas about how and when tuberculosis began infecting humans – and offered hope for a better vaccine

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Life

Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank

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Life

Many female animals are evolving to look more attractive to mates

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Life

Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species

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Life

The first complex cell may have had dozens of nuclei instead of one

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