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human evolution

Australian black swan

Life

Mysterious mega-swan once waddled through New Zealand

A larger relative of Australia’s black swan thrived in New Zealand – until humans arrived and helped bring about its extinction

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A virtual reconstruction of Rangea from CT scans

Life

See inside the 580-million-year-old creature no one understands

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Woman walking againt the skyline with walking poles

Humans

Our brains always plan one step ahead of our bodies when we walk

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Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

Life

Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

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First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

Life

First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

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Australia

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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mudskippers

Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Features

People looking through window at a hopsital nursery with abies in cots

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

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Raven

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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fossil teeth

Humans

A mouthful of history: How teeth reveal our evolutionary past

Fossil incisors, canines, premolars and molars help pin down where we came from, but as Evolution's Bite shows, reading them is a tricky business

Culture

Life

Spiders lure bees for dinner by making flowers look flashier

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Humans

Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

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Life

Frogs may have evolved the first kneecaps on Earth

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Life

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

Culture

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