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Gene study shows humans took Egyptian path out of Africa
Eurasian genomes have more in common with Egyptian than Ethiopian ones, suggesting Eurasians left Africa via a northern route
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Humans
CSI Stone Age: was 430,000-year-old hominin murdered?
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The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig
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Humans
New species of early human was Lucy’s neighbour in Africa
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Ancient DNA suggests dogs split from wolves 40,000 years ago
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Cuckoos against the clock: Charming cheats in mystery decline
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Oldest broken bone reveals our ancestors’ switch to life on land
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Bigger brains help female fish outwit predators and live longer
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Health
Flies share basic elements of human fear 鈥� but is it emotion?
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Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past
We are the sole evolutionary remnant of a big family: in a new book, Ian Tattersall wonders why thinking about our dead cousins makes us so uncomfortable
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Life
It hurts to be human: Why pain is fundamentally different for us
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Environment
Microbes found at bottom of ocean are our long-lost relatives
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Humans
Hungry, in pain or content? Adults can’t tell what a baby wants
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Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers
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