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Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans
Our ape cousins have asymmetrical brains just like we do, which might require us to rethink ideas on the evolution of brain specialism in our hominin ancestors
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DNA analysis of people in West Africa reveals ‘ghost’ human ancestor
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Same-sex attraction isn’t an evolutionary paradox – here’s why
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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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Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth
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Think you understand how evolution works? You’re probably wrong
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D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think
Human attempts to define intelligence are largely motivated by a desire to prove we have more of it – but a look at the world around us suggests a different story
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A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young
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Our incredible origins: The astonishing tale of Homo naledi
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Stone Age artists were obsessed with horses and we don’t know why
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Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?
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