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Humans

We seem to be getting stupider and population ageing may be why

Average IQ may be falling, a trend some think is due to smarter people having fewer children. Now evidence suggests longer lifespans may be to blame instead

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Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

Humans

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

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Health

Is donating your DNA to the NHS worth the privacy risks?

Insight

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Features

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Health

Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work

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Life

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

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Humans

Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

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Health

UK National Health Service should do more to exploit genomics

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we edit our children's genomes?

Features

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Life

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

Analysis of DNA from a fossilised Neanderthal bone suggests modern human ancestors entered Europe and interbred with locals more than 219,000 years ago

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Health

People with higher IQs are more likely to live to their 80s

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Health

DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

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Health

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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