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human evolution

Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

Humans

Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

We weren’t the only ancient artists – the discovery of 66,700-year-old cave art show our Neanderthal cousins also liked to draw

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Can you predict the future? Take our Oscars quiz to find out

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Can you predict the future? Take our Oscars quiz to find out

Features

Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

Life

Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

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Reconstruction of Cheddar Man's head and shoulders

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Ancient 'dark-skinned' Briton Cheddar Man find may not be true

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crowd of people

Life

Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future

Features

artwork

Humans

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

Features

A man drinking out of a bottle of alcohol

Health

We're evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol

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Chickens for sale

Health

Flu is evolving in new and unpredictable ways in China’s poultry

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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

Life

Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Life

We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Modern gorillas can walk in a variety of styles, not just the famous “knuckle-walking”, suggesting our common ancestor was similarly resourceful

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Health

CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability

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Humans

Our cities are driving evolution and it's not all bad news

Culture

Humans

Early Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and blue eyes

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Humans

Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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