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Fossil of a newly-discovered mammal shows it had bizarre ears
A rodent-like creature that lived 120 million years ago in Asia had an unusual ear shape that may have evolved to accommodate its unique way of chewing
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Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans
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The bizarre plant-like animals that say life鈥檚 big bang never happened
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World’s loudest male bird bellows at females sitting right next to it
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Giant toad looks and acts like a venomous snake to scare off predators
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Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development
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Want to regrow organs and defy cancer? Just copy these awesome animals
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Female orgasm may have evolved from a trigger for ovulation
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Richard Dawkins: How we can outgrow God and religion
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We may have a basic form of sign language in common with chimpanzees
People seem to be able to understand gestures made by chimpanzees, suggesting the signals may be remnants of a basic sign language used by our last common ancestors
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How killer bees evolved into chiller bees in just one decade
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Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries
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World鈥檚 largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago
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Birds can thank attractive dinosaurs for their flight feathers
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