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The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

From advances in mind reading and medical procedures to AI law enforcement and CRISPR controversy, 2018 was a year of highs and lows. Here are our highlights

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The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica's past

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

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Bizarre fossil that baffled us for years is early starfish ancestor

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City living makes urban male frogs far more attractive to females

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Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

The Tibetan Plateau is a tough environment so we thought humans arrived only about 12,000 years ago, but it seems someone was there 40,000 to 30,000 years ago

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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