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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

The genes of extinct hominins called Denisovans live on in people from China and Papua New Guinea, suggesting two instances of cross-species breeding

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Robot with four legs

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8 hilarious ways AI has outsmarted us to get the job done

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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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The Strange Order of Things: How we feel our way to being human

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DNA Artwork

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Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

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Artist's impression of ancient arthropod and young

Life

Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago

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Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

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Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

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Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

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Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

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Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

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Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses

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Reconstruction of Cheddar Man's head and shoulders

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Ancient 'dark-skinned' Briton Cheddar Man find may not be true

The headline was that an ancient Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin, but the genetics of skin colour are so complex that we can’t be sure

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The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

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Health

We're evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol

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Health

Flu is evolving in new and unpredictable ways in China’s poultry

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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

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