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Chimps show empathy by mimicking pupil size

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Chimps show empathy by mimicking pupil size

Humans and chimps both involuntarily mimic pupil dilation in others – but only if those others are members of the same species

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Meet the lodgers: Wildlife in the great indoors

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Meet the lodgers: Wildlife in the great indoors

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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Neanderthal demise traced in unprecedented detail

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Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

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Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

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African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

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African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

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A worm with legs? No, you're not seeing things

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A worm with legs? No, you're not seeing things

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Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms

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Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?

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Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?

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Essence of man: Y size doesn't matter

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Essence of man: Y size doesn't matter

The Y chromosome, which makes men male, has been shrinking for 180 million years. But there's more to this rotting husk than anyone suspected

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Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life

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Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms

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Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago

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Flip the birds: Migration began in the north not south

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