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Social networks: Getting connected

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Social networks: Getting connected

We tend to think of social networks as being distinctly human. In fact, they occur wherever animals live in "bonded" groups

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Ash traces hint at cave cuisine 1 million years ago

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Ash traces hint at cave cuisine 1 million years ago

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Black Queen tells microbes to be lazy

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Black Queen tells microbes to be lazy

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we become bipedal?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we become bipedal?

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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs

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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs

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Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

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Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

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A question of intelligence

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we lose our fur?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why did we lose our fur?

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Puzzles of Evolution: Why was technological development so slow?

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Puzzles of Evolution: Why was technological development so slow?

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Puzzles of evolution: When did language evolve?

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Puzzles of evolution: When did language evolve?

Some say the first words were sung around a camp fire, others believe they were shouted by hunters – they may even have been in sign language

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Puzzles of evolution: Are other hominins alive today?

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Puzzles of evolution: Did we kill off Neanderthals?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why are our brains so big?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why aren't we more like chimps?

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