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Black squirrels may be evolving due to roadkill in cities

Grey squirrels can actually come in black morphs, which are doing well in one US city because they're less likely to become roadkill

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22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles

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Chris Stringer with replica skulls of human ancestors

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Chris Stringer is tracing human ancestors back a million years

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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story

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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story

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Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species

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Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species

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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

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Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus

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London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ancient origins

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Traders work the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange November 9, 2005 in New York City. Following a report that inventories of crude and gasoline grew in the last week, oil prices dropped Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly

A provocative new book delves into the way humans – and elephants – evolved to manage risk. We might do better to think more like elephants

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How our ancestors invented clothing and transformed it into fashion

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The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again

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