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Bronze age settlement

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Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

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Dryopithecus

Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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Inhaling leaded petrol as a child may affect an adult's IQ

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Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

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Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

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Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

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Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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percussion notches on large bovid humerus

Humans

Ancient humans may have started hunting 2 million years ago

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

Humans

Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

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ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

People who work overnight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but the risk may be reduced by eating only between 7am and 7pm

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Humans

Humans have been relatively short for thousands of years

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Humans

Canine teeth shrank in human ancestors at least 4.5 million years ago

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Humans

What can we can learn from being the last type of human left standing?

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Humans

Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans

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