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Domestic violence gets evolutionary explanation

Why do so many men attack their female partners? Because this violence brings a selective advantage – or so argue evolutionary psychologists

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Your brain's family album, from hydra to human

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Your brain's family album, from hydra to human

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Humans colonised Asia in two waves

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Humans colonised Asia in two waves

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Metamorphosis: Evolution's freak factory

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Metamorphosis: Evolution's freak factory

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A brief history of the brain

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A brief history of the brain

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Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

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Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

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Advanced birds lived alongside 'hairy' dinosaurs

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Advanced birds lived alongside 'hairy' dinosaurs

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Artificial cells made to reproduce thanks to DNA

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Synthetic yeast will evolve on command

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Bonobo Eden: At home with the peace-and-love apes

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Bonobo Eden: At home with the peace-and-love apes

Could female solidarity be the secret of bonobos' remarkably chilled-out society? Kate Roach hunts for clues in the heart of Africa

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Evolutionary mystery of female orgasm deepens

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South African fossils halfway between ape and human

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Universal intelligence: One test to rule them all

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Svante Pääbo: The man rewriting human evolution

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