Humans
Lucky accidents of human evolution: Jaw dropper
Compared with chimps, humans have evolved weak jaw muscles and jaw bones – possibly because social organisation reduced the need to bite as a form of attack
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Lucky accidents of human evolution: Brain gain
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Lucky accidents of human evolution: Energy upgrade
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Lucky accidents of human evolution: Gift of the gab
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Lucky accidents of human evolution: Helping hand
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Lucky accidents of human evolution: Switch to starch
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Pregnancy blood test can identify Down’s syndrome
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Was humanity born in the mother of all plagues?
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Life
DNA origami: synthetic tiles can make over 100 shapes
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Environment
Birds got smart by becoming big babes
The skulls of birds look just like the skulls of young dinosaurs, suggesting that arrested development was the key to their evolution
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RNA breakthrough transforms idea of gene control
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The ancient American bones at centre of two lawsuits
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Touch sensitivity is genetically linked to hearing
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Humans
The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier
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