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A crow stands on a branch holding a twig in its beak

Life

Crows are first animals spotted using tools to carry objects

Brainy New Caledonian crows have figured out how to carry objects too large to move with their beaks by using a stick

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Woman showing toddlers a children's book

Humans

Smarter every day: Increasing intelligence changed how we see IQ

Culture

Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

Life

Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

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Life

You are junk: Why it’s not your genes that make you human

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Neanderthal and human skulls side by side

Humans

Neanderthal skulls and brains may have developed just like ours

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People at sunset

Life

Mystery ancient human ancestor found in Australasian family tree

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Rock chimneys spew what looks like smoke although this is actually on the seabed

Life

Universal ancestor of all life on Earth was only half alive

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Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine

Life

Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine

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An aye-aye stares at the camera from a perching spot in a tree

Life

Boozy primates seek out nectar with the highest alcohol content

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Chimps engage with experiment

Life

Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

What makes some apes pick up tools and others not has perplexed scientists, but hunger brought on by travel appears to be a big motivator

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Humans

Are humans still evolving? Growing evidence suggests we are

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Life

Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

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Life

T. rex lookalike suggests that tiny arms developed for a purpose

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Life

Darwin's discovery: The remarkable history of evolution

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