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Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

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Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

A spider species eat their siblings as soon as they die but tolerate each other when they are alive, suggesting a mysterious signal helps them to determine when to dine on a nest mate

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm

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Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies

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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States crosses the finish line to win the gold medal with new World Record after competing in the Women's 400m Hurdles Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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A controversial book about human diversity shows how biology unites us

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Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life

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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

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Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

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The biggest coincidence in human evolution

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The return of the hunters - Native Americans, circa 1904

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The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes folktales so compelling

Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ancient the oldest ones are and why some tales run and run

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Sex may have evolved as a way to pool resources during tough times

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Stone tools help monkeys thrive in hostile habitats

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Humans were living in tropical forests surprisingly early

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Black squirrels may be evolving due to roadkill in cities

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