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What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

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A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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Sperm's evolutionary origins go back before multicellular animals

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Humans

Kissing may have evolved in an ape ancestor 21 million years ago

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in women who were hybrids, and this might have played a part in Neanderthals’ demise

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Humans

Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

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Humans

Early hominin had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength

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Humans

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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