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A male peacock

Life

Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both

The prettier the bird, the worse it sings. A study of over 500 species has revealed that birds evolve to attract mates in one of two ways, and don’t combine them

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sponges

Life

Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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photos of faces

Humans

You can recognise around 5000 faces, from family to celebrities

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giant tortoise

Environment

Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises

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People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

Humans

People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

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Tyrannosaurus

Life

T. rex evolved into a monster predator by dumbing down its brain

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giraffes

Life

Baby giraffes with small and oval markings are most likely to die

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Human skull

Humans

Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders

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An adult female Neanderthal hand and arm from the left side.

Humans

Neanderthals had dexterous hands that could have held tools like a pen

Our extinct Neanderthal cousins had big bulky hands that look clumsy, but their bones reveal that they could hold objects in the same way we hold pens

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Life

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

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Earth

Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob

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Comment

It's an outrage that Turkey is ditching Darwin from science textbooks

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Humans

Volcanic eruption may have helped drive real-life hobbits extinct

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