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Farming has deep roots in Chinese ice age

Life

Farming has deep roots in Chinese ice age

The first crops in China and the Middle East were farmed around 11,000 years ago – but hunter-gatherers had been using the plants much longer than that

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Birds evolve shorter wings to survive on roads

Life

Birds evolve shorter wings to survive on roads

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Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

Life

Four wings bad, two wings better – for early birds

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The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

Humans

The body: You've got to hand it to the hands

Features

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

Life

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

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Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

Life

Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf

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The father of all men is 340,000 years old

Life

The father of all men is 340,000 years old

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Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

Life

Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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Timing was everything when Darwin's bombshell exploded

CultureLab

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Life

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

The wolves bold enough to approach humans and eat our scraps evolved into dogs – did we too "self-domesticate", asks evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare

Opinion

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Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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Life

Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

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Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Opinion

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

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