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Why did evolution stall during the 'boring billion'?

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Why did evolution stall during the 'boring billion'?

About 1.7 billion years ago, evolution seemed to grind to a halt, but a long time later it kicked in with a vengeance – plate tectonics may explain why

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Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells

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Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells

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Stone Age DNA shows hunter-gatherers shunned farming

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Stone Age DNA shows hunter-gatherers shunned farming

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Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion

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Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion

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One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?

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One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?

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Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

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Zoologger: Gender-bending cave insects found in Brazil

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Zoologger: Gender-bending cave insects found in Brazil

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Human 'missing link' fossils may be jumble of species

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Human 'missing link' fossils may be jumble of species

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

In Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare, evolutionary psychology pioneer Gordon H. Orians traces the roots of today's human quirks in the minds of our ancestors

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Killing with kindness: Conservation's cautionary tale

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

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Dino-killing asteroid cleared way for modern reef fish

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Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates

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