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What the first flower on Earth might have looked like
Some time between 250 and 140 million years ago, the very first flower bloomed 鈥� an enormous evolutionary study offers clues about its appearance
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Flatworms can still 鈥榮ee鈥� even after they are decapitated
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Tardigrade genomes help explain how they survive without water
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Mysterious mega-swan once waddled through New Zealand
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Life
See inside the 580-million-year-old creature no one understands
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Humans
Our brains always plan one step ahead of our bodies when we walk
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Mud eel’s wonky body may help it ambush prey
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First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves
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The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land
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First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought
Stone axes and the remains of fireplaces found in northern Australia appear to date to 65,000 years ago, adding 15,000 years to Australia's human prehistory
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Health
At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all
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Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can
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A mouthful of history: How teeth reveal our evolutionary past
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Spiders lure bees for dinner by making flowers look flashier
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