Environment
Our eye sockets give us a wider field of view than other apes
The unique positioning of our eyes within our skulls may have played a part in our early evolution
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Life
Gentle sex? Females just as feisty as males over reproduction
Features
Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat
News
One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life
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Life
Why ‘RNA world’ theory on origin of life may be wrong after all
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Life
Weird fossil worm with legs and spikes finally reveals its head
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Environment
One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life
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Life
Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab
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Humans
DNA study backs Native American claim to Kennewick Man remains
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Environment
Monkeys’ cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication
Herds of gelada monkeys in Ethiopia are unfazed by wolves wandering through to hunt rodents, but is one domesticating the other just as humans did with dogs?
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Life
Handstands and cartwheels turn dwarf mongooses into tough guys
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Humans
Island of wild children: Would they learn to be human?
Features
Environment
Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking
Opinion
Environment
Sawfish is first vertebrate known to clone itself in the wild
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