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Dim polar light drove humans to evolve larger eyes

The skulls of people who live near the poles have larger eye sockets than skulls from tropics dwellers, a possible adaptation to the different light levels

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Read all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip

Life

Read all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip

Comment

Existence: Will we die out?

Life

Existence: Will we die out?

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Health

Sluggish movement at altitude is partly a brain effect

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The high cost of being a woman in science

Humans

The high cost of being a woman in science

Opinion

Zoologger: No brain, but at least it's got personality

Life

Zoologger: No brain, but at least it's got personality

News

Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

Life

Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

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Life

1.5 million sexless years no good for stick insects

News

Family ties doubted in Stone Age farmers

Life

Family ties doubted in Stone Age farmers

News

The not-so-natural history of horse evolution

The not-so-natural history of horse evolution

For millennia, humans have bred them for brawn, speed and even cuteness. Â鶹´«Ã½ traces horses from their origins to the first cloned racehorse

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Life

Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward

Features

Life

Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity

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Life

Speedy genes: Making horses for courses

Features

Life

Sex and asymmetry: How the camel got its penis

Features

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