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Before DNA, before RNA: Life in the hodge-podge world

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Before DNA, before RNA: Life in the hodge-podge world

A simple nucleic acid called TNA can behave like a protein, suggesting the first life on Earth may have used a mix of similar chemicals

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Pigeons match monkeys in abstract counting skills

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2011 review: The year in life science

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2011 review: The year in life science

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Smart Guide to 2012: Humans' chimeric origins

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Twist in the tail of eukaryotic origins

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Twist in the tail of eukaryotic origins

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Why naked mole rats feel no pain from acid

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Why naked mole rats feel no pain from acid

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Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved

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Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved

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Fish may have started walking underwater

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Earliest human bedding didn't let the bedbugs bite

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Earliest human bedding didn't let the bedbugs bite

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Power of Babel: Why one language isn't enough

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Power of Babel: Why one language isn't enough

Humans speak 7000 different tongues – and not just to be difficult. Everything from genes to jungles has played a part, says David Robson

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First top predator was giant shrimp with amazing eyes

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Zoologger: To kill a mockingbird? No, parasitise it

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Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

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Naked mole rats make deformed, sluggish sperm

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