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Running legs

Humans

Our ancestors may have run a million years earlier than we thought

We thought hominins evolved to run around 2 million years ago – but a study of the famous Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, suggests she could run too

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E coli bacteria

Life

Bacteria sacrifice themselves when under attack to save their colonies

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John Cleese

Humans

Monty Python's Silly Walk is exactly 6.7 times more silly than normal

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

Humans

Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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Abiogenesis

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

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Foot

Humans

We have only just figured out how human feet work

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sea turtle hatchlings

Life

Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles

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Tiny 2-billion-year-old fossil blobs may be the oldest complex cells

Life

Tiny 2-billion-year-old fossil blobs may be the oldest complex cells

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ape skulls and brains

Humans

Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans

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DNA analysis of people in West Africa reveals 'ghost' human ancestor

Humans

DNA analysis of people in West Africa reveals 'ghost' human ancestor

Four West African populations may carry genes from an undiscovered archaic hominin that diverged from a shared ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans

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Humans

Same-sex attraction isn't an evolutionary paradox - here's why

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Life

The mysterious microbes shifting humanity's place in the tree of life

Features

Humans

A skull suggests humans have been getting piercings for 12,000 years

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Technology

Video game Ancestors lets you meddle with the epic story of evolution

Culture