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Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria

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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why

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Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?

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Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

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Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem

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Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer

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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

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Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

Extraordinary fossils of 518-million-year-old jawless fish, among the earliest known vertebrates, appear to show that these animals had two pairs of eyes

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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

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