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human evolution

A pygmy bushtit

Environment

Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics

The pygmy bushtit was thought to be the only surviving species of its genus. Now genetics is showing that it’s not so different from its larger cousins

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The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

Life

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

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A spectacular landscape of cliffs with a waterfall plunging down to a crater and rocky pinnacles in the background

Earth

Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon's tepui mountains

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Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

human Neanderthal

Humans

The 4 genetic traits that helped humans conquer the world

Features

undead artwork

Humans

Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans' DNA alive

Features

Abstract picture of ice crystals

Life

Missing building block of life could be made on ice in space

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Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

Humans

Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

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Health

The truth about migration: We're a stay-at-home species

Features

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Humans

The truth about migration: How evolution made us xenophobes

Multicultural societies are more harmonious and successful, but to make them work we must fight our evolved tendencies to mistrust migrants

Features

Life

Extinct animal flew underwater kites made of its own young

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Life

Has ritual human sacrifice shaped societies and class systems?

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Life

Eyeless cave shrimp senses light and can live frozen in ice

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Life

Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Opinion

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