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The cranium was discovered in Ethiopia

Humans

We've finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors

A skull found in Ethiopia has been identified as belonging to Australopithecus anamensis, which lived 4 million years ago and may be one of our direct ancestors

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Technology

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Features

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Humans

How walking helped humans take over the planet

Culture

Bee

Life

How killer bees evolved into chiller bees in just one decade

Features

The team have imaged Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum using electron microscopes

Life

Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution's biggest mysteries

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Heracles inexpectatus lived in New Zealand

Life

World’s largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago

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Chris Stringer

Life

Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Culture

Artist's impression of two feathered oviraptor dinosaurs

Life

Birds can thank attractive dinosaurs for their flight feathers

News

Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

Life

Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

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Fire

Humans

Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago

Our ancestors may have learned to control fire 1.5 million years ago, which could explain how we came to be human

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Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

Regulars

Humans

Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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Health

Do you run with bent arms? Turns out it doesn't make much difference

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Question

How did humans evolve from apes?