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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent

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humpback whale

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Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

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Livestock

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Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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Titi monkeys

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An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean

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puppeteers

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The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

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Neanderthals were stockier than us, so needed more oxygen

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Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

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Orangutan mother and infant

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Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive

Over 90 per cent of orangutans survive childhood long enough to have their first baby, a feat human societies only achieved in the 1900s

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Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites

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Crashing waves may have spurred the evolution of backbones

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Review: The Tangled Tree and Lamarck's Revenge are genetic misfits

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Anjali Goswami: Digitising life from around the world

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