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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language

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Sentinel-5 seafloor scene

Environment

Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

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TB's extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on

Health

TB's extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on

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There’s growing evidence the big five mass extinctions never happened

Life

There’s growing evidence the big five mass extinctions never happened

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Life

Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak

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Sloths repeatedly evolved large and small body sizes

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Giant ground sloths evolved three different times for the same reason

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Life

The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish

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Humans

What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight chasing a Tsetse fly (Glossina sp.), Kenya, Africa.

Life

Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life

Culture

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Humans evolved to survive mild burns at the expense of severe ones

Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal mild ones, which could be affecting modern medicine

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Life

Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world

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Health

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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Life

What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us

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Life

Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

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