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What gives the human mind its edge?

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What gives the human mind its edge?

In The Human Spark: The science of human development, psychologist Jerome Kagan examines what it is to be human – and draws controversial conclusions

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Dawn of the water eaters: How Earth got its oxygen

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Dawn of the water eaters: How Earth got its oxygen

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Mind readers: How we get inside other people's heads

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Mind readers: How we get inside other people's heads

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Is this the ancestor of all primates?

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Is this the ancestor of all primates?

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Our earliest primate cousin discovered in Asia

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Our earliest primate cousin discovered in Asia

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'Dawn bird' sees <i>Archaeopteryx</i> return to bird fold

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'Dawn bird' sees Archaeopteryx return to bird fold

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Silent forests are bad news for the trees

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Silent forests are bad news for the trees

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1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet

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1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet

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Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?

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Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?

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Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps

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Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps

In the race for world domination, cockroaches have scored another point against Homo sapiens. Their weapons? A distaste for sugar and a helping hand from evolution

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Inside out

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Early weaning suggests Neanderthals matured faster

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Why penguins dumped flight for flippers

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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