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Monkeys and apes

Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past

Life

Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past

We are the sole evolutionary remnant of a big family: in a new book, Ian Tattersall wonders why thinking about our dead cousins makes us so uncomfortable

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Life before death: How dying affects living minds

Life

Life before death: How dying affects living minds

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<i>Men (Dis)connected</i>: Philip Zimbardo's lament on the male

Life

Men (Dis)connected: Philip Zimbardo's lament on the male

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Could ancient laws help us sue the internet?

Technology

Could ancient laws help us sue the internet?

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Blame the enlightened self for the distractions in our lives

Technology

Blame the enlightened self for the distractions in our lives

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I've won a day in court for two chimps

Life

I've won a day in court for two chimps

Opinion

Zoologger: The mammal with the stretchiest nerves on the planet

Life

Zoologger: The mammal with the stretchiest nerves on the planet

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Womb milk nourishes human embryo during first weeks of pregnancy

Life

Womb milk nourishes human embryo during first weeks of pregnancy

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Could these giant dinosaurs have lifted up their pictured prey?

Life

Could these giant dinosaurs have lifted up their pictured prey?

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Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers

Life

Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers

Monkeys observed in Brazil can use tools, but they also know it doesn't take a sledgehammer to crack a nut – instead they exercise judgement and restraint

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Combs made of hair probe our changing idea of luxury

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Life

The Least Likely Man celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

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Scientific Babel: Why English rules

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Earth

UK's political parties offer little on climate and renewables

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