Life
Giraffes got their long necks thanks to a few dozen gene changes
Comparing the genome of the giraffe and its shorter-necked okapi relative has pinpointed genes likely involved in the evolution of the long neck
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Environment
Reef fish get it on with other species at melting pot islands
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Earth
Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa
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Life
Building blocks of life’s first self-replicator recreated in lab
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Humans
A history of love, art, power and religion in 10 graves
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Humans
Lovely bones: Fascinating skeletons of the past and present
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Humans
Game of bones: first Europeans’ shifting fortunes found in DNA
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Humans
Why are religions so judgemental? Ask evolution
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Humans
Thou shalt not tell us how to behave any more
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Life
Lizard gets to grips with city life by evolving stickier feet
Anole lizards have a talent for evolution, and it's not confined to the wild – urban-dwellers have evolved new traits to help them climb windows and walls
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Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics
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Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins
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Earth
Inside the lost cave world of the Amazon’s tepui mountains
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Humans
Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans’ DNA alive
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