Life
Weird fish fossil changes the story of how we moved onto land
The 370-million-year-old fish Hongyu chowi doesn鈥檛 fit into the evolutionary picture we have created to explain our ancestor鈥檚 move from sea to land
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Humans
Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa
News
Environment
It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice
News
Humans
Male athletes with higher world rankings are better looking
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Humans
Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
Features
Life
Magic mushroom chemical may be a hallucinogenic insect repellent
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Life
‘Radical鈥� new biography of Darwin is unreliable and inaccurate
Culture
Environment
Antarctic mystery microbe could tell us where viruses came from
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Environment
Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors
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Environment
Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells
Goldfish and crucian carp have evolved enzymes that turn carbohydrates into alcohol when no oxygen is available 鈥� helping the fish survive in ice-locked pools
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Earth
Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution
News
Humans
Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor
News
Humans
The enigma of the face in forming first impressions
Culture
Earth
Is our environmental future better than we thought?
Culture