Health
African pygmies evolved their short stature twice
East and West African pygmies evolved their stature independently, possibly because it was a beneficial trait in an environment packed with low obstacles
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Life
A worm with legs? No, you’re not seeing things
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Humans
Essence of man: Y size doesn’t matter
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Life
Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?
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Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms
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Environment
Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life
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Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms
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Humans
Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago
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Earth
Flip the birds: Migration began in the north not south
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Environment
Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever
A fossil foot bone found in Antarctica suggests that one extinct species of penguin was a true giant, clocking in at 115 kilograms
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Environment
Dinosaurs shrank for 50 million years to become birds
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Environment
Killer sperm ravages internal organs of luckless worms
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Life
Bloodsuckers fed on dinosaurs 130 million years ago
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Environment
Feathersaurus: plant-eating dinos had plumage too
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