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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

From Neanderthals to Australopithecus and Paranthropus, the more we’ve learned about ancient hominins, the harder it has become to define what a human is

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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

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Chimps respond to each other at a pace similar to human conversation

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Your pupils change size as you breathe

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Denisovan DNA may help modern humans adapt to different environments

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Last common ancestor of all life emerged far earlier than thought

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When did human ancestors start walking on two legs?

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Google creates self-replicating life from digital 'primordial soup'

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Evolutionary story of Australia's dingoes revealed by ancient DNA

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Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future

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Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future

Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains weren't an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolved by accident – and are likely to shrink again in the near future

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How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?

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A surprisingly quick enzyme could shift our understanding of evolution

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Bacteria evolve to get better at evolving in lab experiment

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