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human evolution

An Asian honeybee visits Gnetum luofense

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Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of flowers’ evolutionary origins

Honeybees sometimes steal pollen without helping the plant that makes it. Now, a study of pollen theft from a type of non-flowering plant is shedding light on why the first flowers evolved

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E08ERC Sand dune landscape in Arabian desert.

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We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

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illustration of faces in the desert

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The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution

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Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 cells

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Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve

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Comb jelly

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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives

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snake with fangs

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Snakes evolved venom fangs multiple times from wrinkles in their teeth

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Bowhead whale

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Two groups of whales evolved massive heads for different reasons

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Microscopic calcite structures reveal the protein skeleton of an ancient sponge

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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago

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microbe

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Single-celled organism has evolved a natural mechanical computer

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

Newly discovered cave art gives fresh insight into the minds of our ancestors - and upends the idea that a Stone Age cultural explosion was unique to Europe

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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Life

Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved

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Jungle review: How tropical forests helped shape human evolution

Culture

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New fossil finds show we are far from understanding how humans evolved

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