Humans
Our ancestor Ardi walked tall
The bones of a 4.4-million-year-old relative suggest that she walked upright. See more family snaps in our Gallery
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Life
My little zebra: The secrets of domestication
Features
Life
Review: Comets and the Origin of Life by Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe and William Napier
Books & Arts
Life
Monsters of the skies: giant beasts that ruled the air
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Life
For proteins, evolution can’t go backwards
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Life
Monster insect mimic lures prey with siren song
Features
Humans
Why are we the naked ape?
Opinion
Life
Mystery of horned females solved
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Life
Trevor Nunn stages the 1920s Tennessee ‘monkey trial’
Opinion
Humans
Human brains better tooled up than monkeys
Our brains respond to tools in a way that macaque brains don't, which could explain how human ingenuity suddenly leapt ahead
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Health
Don’t blame early sex on dad’s absence
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Life
Creation: being made to feel Darwin’s anguish
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Health
Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions
Features
Life
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
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