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Rise of measles linked with emergence of large cities 2500 years ago

A 110-year-old measles genome has helped date the origin of the disease to about 500 BC, which is roughly when humans began living in cities with large populations

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The first dinosaurs may have laid soft eggs without hard shells

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Einsteins Unfinished Revolution

10 of the best non-fiction science books to read right now

Culture

Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

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Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

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Life

Ancient anchovies were huge and used sabre teeth to eat other fish

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How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

Life

How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Life

Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

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Life

Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses

Plant-eating cave bears vanished when ice spread across Europe – maybe because their large sinuses prevented them chewing meat to adapt to the new conditions

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Humans

We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like

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Humans

Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

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Life

Sharks are easier to catch in cooler waters, and we have no idea why

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Life

Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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