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Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

Two new studies reveal recent evolutionary changes in Europe and East Asia, suggesting that modern living can change our immune systems and metabolism

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Neanderthals were stockier than us, so needed more oxygen

Humans

Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

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Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

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Mind

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

Humans

People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

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Human skull

Humans

Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders

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An adult female Neanderthal hand and arm from the left side.

Humans

Neanderthals had dexterous hands that could have held tools like a pen

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People are more clued up about science than you might think

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A volcano on Flores

Humans

Volcanic eruption may have helped drive real-life hobbits extinct

The diminutive Homo floresiensis died out about 50,000 years ago just as a volcano exploded – but are the two connected or was extinction down to other factors?

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Humans

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species

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Humans

Did we really evolve domestic violence? We don't know yet

Analysis

Humans

It may be impossible to evolve a large brain if you hibernate

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Humans

Iceman: Our human history is the real star of a film about Ötzi

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