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Ancient water cache may be pristine primordial soup

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Ancient water cache may be pristine primordial soup

Deep rocks have been cracked open and water isolated for billions of years released – the liquid may represent Darwin's "warm little pond" where life arose

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Neanderthals evolved their teeth before big brains

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Neanderthals evolved their teeth before big brains

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Meaty puzzle: Did TB evolve to boost hungry brains?

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Meaty puzzle: Did TB evolve to boost hungry brains?

Opinion

First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws

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First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws

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The father enigma: Why do nature's devoted dads care?

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The father enigma: Why do nature's devoted dads care?

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Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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Extreme evolution: How snakes became the über-eater

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Extreme evolution: How snakes became the über-eater

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When trilobites ruled the seas

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When trilobites ruled the seas

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We are killing species at 1000 times the natural rate

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We are killing species at 1000 times the natural rate

Bad news, we are extinguishing species at an astonishing rate without knowing how many we can lose before ecosystems collapse

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Life

Emu-style birds have abandoned flight six times

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How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

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Friendship: Friends with many benefits

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Life

Flooded cave hides Naia, a 13,000-year-old American

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