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This week’s new questions

Why didn’t our offspring evolve to let parents get more rest, and why don’t worms damage plants? Send us your thoughts and we will publish our favourites

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Where’s the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil?

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Where’s the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil?

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Ancient nomadic warrior women may have inspired the Mulan legend

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Ancient nomadic warrior women may have inspired the Mulan legend

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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like

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Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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Mysterious Iron Age site may have been a retreat for religious hermits

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Mysterious Iron Age site may have been a retreat for religious hermits

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

Skull fragments from Homo erectus found alongside stone tools in Ethiopia suggest the ancient hominin used more tool technology than we thought

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Ancient humans in the Sahara ate fish before the lakes dried up

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Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted

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Embracing flat Earth science denialism can help us overcome it

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The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation

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