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Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

Humans

Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

An analysis of a Neanderthal Y chromosome suggests human hybrids containing it would have been unviable, and explain why it is not found in modern humans

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Humans

The truth about migration: How evolution made us xenophobes

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Health

The truth about migration: We're a stay-at-home species

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Aquilonifer spinosus in false colour with several young tethered to either side of it

Life

Extinct animal flew underwater kites made of its own young

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James Cook (1728-79) English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 during his second Pacific voyage 1772-1775. Engraving from 1815 edition of Cook's Voyages.

Life

Has ritual human sacrifice shaped societies and class systems?

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Eyeless cave shrimp senses light and can live frozen in ice

Life

Eyeless cave shrimp senses light and can live frozen in ice

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Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Life

Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Opinion

A model of the way a nose works

Life

The evolution of the nose: why is the human hooter so big?

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Life

Darwin's beautiful theory must itself be allowed to evolve

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Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

Life

Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

How does natural selection create so much complexity so fast? A bold new theory says it learns and remembers past solutions just as our brains do

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Life

Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

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Life

Just how are we related to our chimp cousins?

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Health

Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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Life

Ultimate family tree: Tracing the oldest ancestor of all life

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