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Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

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Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors

Since the discovery of Asgard archaea in 2015, evidence has mounted that these peculiar single-celled organisms could be the source of all complex life – including us

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Homo erectus

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Ancient humans were weirdly slow to cross from mainland Asia to Java

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Trilobite fossils

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Four great waves of animals have spread out from the tropics

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Ngandong Excavations

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Homo erectus lived recently enough that it may have met Denisovans

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Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth

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Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

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Volunteers working in soup kitchen

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Scientific truth doesn't exist – but we must still strive for answers

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Volunteers working in soup kitchen

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No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist

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Graduates holding diploma

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D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think

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Bonobo/Pygmy chimpanzee

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Think you understand how evolution works? You're probably wrong

A common misconception is that evolution naturally selects for biological complexity, eventually creating advanced organisms like us. That couldn't be further from the truth

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Life

We're beginning to question the idea of species – including our own

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Environment

Why is Earth so rich in oxygen? The answer is simpler than we thought

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Cretaceous fossils are missing link in mammal ear evolution

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A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young

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