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Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time
鈥楻ocky鈥� the ginger ape has astonished experts by producing sounds similar to words, a feat聽that might help us study the evolutionary origins of human speech
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You are junk: Why it鈥檚 not your genes that make you human
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Neanderthal skulls and brains may have developed just like ours
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Mystery ancient human ancestor found in Australasian family tree
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Universal ancestor of all life on Earth was only half alive
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Eating each other鈥檚 faeces helps earwig young survive famine
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Boozy primates seek out nectar with the highest alcohol content
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Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate
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Are humans still evolving? Growing evidence suggests we are
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Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant
A "deceitful" West African plant makes super-sweet, but low-calorie berries to attract animals that disperse their seeds. Gorillas can see through the ploy 鈥� at least, that鈥檚 the theory
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T. rex lookalike suggests that tiny arms developed for a purpose
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The exotic animals that bankrolled the forgotten evolutionist
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Darwin’s discovery: The remarkable history of evolution
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Evolutionary forces are causing a boom in bad science
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