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Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

Iron oxide in the world's oldest sedimentary rocks suggest photosynthesis evolved 370 million years earlier than we thought, not long after life began

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All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

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All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

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Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

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Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

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How was Earth's life kindled under a cold sun?

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How was Earth's life kindled under a cold sun?

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Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

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Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

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Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby

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Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby

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Meet our last common mammalian ancestor

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Meet our last common mammalian ancestor

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Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

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Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

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Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales

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Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales

Analysing variations in folk tales using genetic techniques shows that people swap genes more readily than stories, giving clues to how cultures evolve

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Earth

Photosynthesis: Shaping the planet

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Life

Wallace: Wonders of nature have been solace of my life

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Life

Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

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