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African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance
A strange buzzing sound made during the singing mating ritual of an African finch is in fact a tap dance so fast it is invisible to the human eye
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Kids’ sense of fairness depends on country they were born in
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Ruff bird orgies have four ‘sexes’ thanks to a supergene flip
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Why insects are the real rulers of the world
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Most of Earth’s mass extinctions caused by鈥� mineral deficiencies
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Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?
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Rice was domesticated three times across Asia, not once in China
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Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo
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Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes
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Frodo’s basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived
A new cave has been found at the site where Homo floresiensis hobbits were discovered. It could hold more bones and shed light on the hobbits' origins
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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention
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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae
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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls
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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere
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