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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in utero, which may have shaped our evolutionary brain development
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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced
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Environment
Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?
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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans
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Health
The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues
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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin
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Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe
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The biggest coincidence in human evolution
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Humans were living in tropical forests surprisingly early
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22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles
Tracks and footprints found in New Mexico are by far the earliest evidence of people using primitive vehicles to transport things
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Chris Stringer is tracing human ancestors back a million years
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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago
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Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we’re related to Australopithecus
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Life
How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly
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