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Evolution myths: Evolution produces perfectly adapted creatures
You don't have to be perfectly adapted to survive, you just have to be as well adapted as your competitors
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‘Crash-tested’ skulls throw light on extinctions
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Film review: Expelled: No intelligence allowed
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‘Darwin chip’ brings evolution into the classroom
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First Americans left fossil stools in cave latrine
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Early humans died in Pompeii-like eruption
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Nautilus: Chambers of secrets
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Have peacock tails lost their sexual allure?
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Neanderthals wore make-up and liked to chat
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Peahens may not prefer the flashiest peacocks tails
A controversial new study suggests that Darwin's theory of sexual selection might not work in the case of the peacock's colourful tail
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Review: Kluge by Gary Marcus
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Sluggish reptile evolving at record speed
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‘First European’ had a mountain retreat in Spain
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Proto-humans walked on two legs in 6 million BC
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