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First Neanderthal etching is a #stoneagehashtag

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First Neanderthal etching is a #stoneagehashtag

More than 40,000 years ago, a Neanderthal scratched a pattern into the floor of a cave in Gibraltar. Is it a doodle, a message or a work of art?

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Major quarantine and experimental vaccines to curb Ebola

Health

Major quarantine and experimental vaccines to curb Ebola

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Taming of the bunny rewrote rabbit genome

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Taming of the bunny rewrote rabbit genome

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Robot frogs' sexy signals lure hungry bats to attack

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Robot frogs' sexy signals lure hungry bats to attack

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Fish reared on land replay the transition to four legs

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Fish reared on land replay the transition to four legs

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Biography of our ingenious species is full of twists

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Biography of our ingenious species is full of twists

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Chimps show empathy by mimicking pupil size

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Chimps show empathy by mimicking pupil size

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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Life

Neanderthal demise traced in unprecedented detail

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Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Life

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

We got smarter and smarter in the 20th century, but now there are signs that IQs have begun to fall in countries such as the UK and Australia

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Earth

Meet the lodgers: Wildlife in the great indoors

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Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

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African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

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A worm with legs? No, you're not seeing things

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