Earth
Did asbestos help life evolve?
Bacteria swap genes in the presence of an asbestos mineral and a good shake from an earthquake, suggesting that such conditions in early Earth aided evolution
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Humans
Scholars at odds over mysterious Indus script
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Life
Ancestors may have used bone tools to make smoothies
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Environment
Ape behaviour reveals secrets of human evolution
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Life
Fossil seal had the feet of an otter
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Environment
Freedom from lice may have led to modern allergies
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Earth
Earth’s tribes unite against climate threats
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Earth
Penis length isn’t everything 鈥� for barnacle males
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Health
Why some people sneeze when the sun comes out
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Earth
Apples explain why leaves change colour in autumn
A new study of thousands of breeds of apple trees bolsters a claim that red foliage evolved as a warning signal to insects in search of a winter home
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Life
Do aliens share our genetic code?
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Earth
Meat now, sex later for Ivorian chimps
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Health
‘Evolution proof’ agents give mosquitoes a slow death
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Life
Early land visitors borrowed shells for protection
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