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The 'me' illusion: How your brain conjures up your sense of self

Self-awareness isn't the pinnacle of consciousness - it's just an accidental byproduct of evolution, and a figment of our minds

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Life

We've discovered a shark that eats plants as a side dish to shellfish

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Elk gamble with their lives in spring to win a mate in autumn

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Life

We have the power to halt evolution itself – should we use it?

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Evolution is making us sick and for the first time we can stop it

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Life

Colourful clownfish carry an unusual health warning for predators

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A sliver of bone from a girl who was half-Neanderthal, half-Denisovan

Humans

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species

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Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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Did we really evolve domestic violence? We don't know yet

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It may be impossible to evolve a large brain if you hibernate

Humans

It may be impossible to evolve a large brain if you hibernate

Mammals that hibernate have smaller brains than those that don’t, suggesting that hibernation limits brain size by reducing annual food intake

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Iceman: Our human history is the real star of a film about Ötzi

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Prehistoric two-year-old could grip tree branches with her feet

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Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity

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Life

Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age

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