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Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans
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A skull suggests humans have been getting piercings for 12,000 years
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DNA from ancient skeletons reveals a lost branch of modern humans
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Ancient humans were weirdly slow to cross from mainland Asia to Java
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Homo erectus lived recently enough that it may have met Denisovans
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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories
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Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth
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How to be superhuman: The science behind extraordinary abilities
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D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think
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Think you understand how evolution works? You're probably wrong
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Race science: How dangerous and discredited ideas persist in biology
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A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young
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