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Kids' sense of fairness depends on country they were born in

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Kids' sense of fairness depends on country they were born in

Children brought up in a Western culture are more likely than those from other countries to reject an unfair offer that would have worked in their favour

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Ruff bird orgies have four 'sexes' thanks to a supergene flip

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Ruff bird orgies have four 'sexes' thanks to a supergene flip

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Why insects are the real rulers of the world

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Why insects are the real rulers of the world

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Most of Earth's mass extinctions caused by… mineral deficiencies

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Most of Earth's mass extinctions caused by… mineral deficiencies

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Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

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Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

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Rice was domesticated three times across Asia, not once in China

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Rice was domesticated three times across Asia, not once in China

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Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo

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Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo

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Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes

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Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes

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Frodo's basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived

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Frodo's basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived

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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

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The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention

Agriculture was independently invented at least 11 times on four continents – not just in the Middle East. It's time to rethink how modern civilisation took root

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Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae

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Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

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How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

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Life may have begun 300 million years earlier than we thought

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