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Uncertainty principle: How evolution hedges its bets
Variety is the key to survival in a changeable world – and evolution may have come up with an extraordinary way of generating more variety
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Cluster model shows how first cells could have divided
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Ancient genomes suggest Africa has two elephant species
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Oxygen crash led to Cambrian mass extinction
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The evolutionary burst that made Earth oxygen-rich
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New genes needed for survival too
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Living dinosaurs: When did modern birds evolve?
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Living dinosaurs: How did feathers and flight evolve?
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Living dinosaurs: Are we sure birds are dinos?
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Skin was the first organ to evolve
The discovery that even sponges have a proto-skin shows that this organ was essential to the development of multicellular life
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Arsenic-based bacteria point to new life forms
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Why incest among animals cuts male sexual aggression
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The primitive social network: bullying required
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Why mammals grew big – and then stopped
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