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human evolution

fossil nervous system

Life

Exquisite fossils reveal oldest nervous system ever preserved

A set of 520-million year old fossils has a nervous system more complex than that evolved by their modern successors

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The different kinds of stickleback fish side by side

Life

Super-fast evolving fish splitting into two species in same lake

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Gentler attack on cancer may mean we can live with it for longer

Life

Gentler attack on cancer may mean we can live with it for longer

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Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

Life

Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

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language

Life

Why Only Us: The language paradox

CultureLab

Cry

Life

The crying game: How tears can work for you

Features

Brian Langerhans

Life

Why I think genitals reveal the universe’s biological diversity

Opinion

Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

Neaderthals

Humans

Our first sex with Neanderthals happened 100,000 years ago

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praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

Humans hate cheats and deceivers, but as a new book amply illustrates, it's one of the best survival strategies in the natural world

CultureLab

Earth

Beautiful amber fossil flower reveals plant history of New World

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Life

Our Neanderthal genes linked to risk of depression and addiction

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Humans

Belief in punitive gods linked with expansion of human societies

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Humans

Mystery invaders conquered Europe at the end of last ice age

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