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human evolution

Orangutan mother and infant

Life

Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive

Over 90 per cent of orangutans survive childhood long enough to have their first baby, a feat human societies only achieved in the 1900s

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Pacific crickets on Moloka’i are singing a new tune

Life

Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites

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Early fish

Life

Crashing waves may have spurred the evolution of backbones

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twins

Life

Review: The Tangled Tree and Lamarck's Revenge are genetic misfits

Culture

artists impression of neuron

Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

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Two people wearing graduation gowns

Mind

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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Anjali Goswami: Digitising life from around the world

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Anjali Goswami: Digitising life from around the world

Video

A male peacock

Life

Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both

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sponges

Life

Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

Video

David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

Harvard geneticist David Reich and his team are DNA testing the bones of ancient humans. Their explosive results are still coming in, but one thing is already certain: much of what we thought we knew about human history is simply wrong

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Humans

You can recognise around 5000 faces, from family to celebrities

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Environment

Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises

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Humans

People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

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Life

T. rex evolved into a monster predator by dumbing down its brain

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