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A mouthful of history: How teeth reveal our evolutionary past

Fossil incisors, canines, premolars and molars help pin down where we came from, but as Evolution's Bite shows, reading them is a tricky business

Culture

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

Health

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

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Most mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate

Life

Most mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate

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A square of chocolate cake

Health

Is taking sugar out of food as difficult as industry says it is?

Comment

Chimp holds banana in its mouth

Life

Putting bigger brains down to our social nature is half-baked

Comment

Tsimane indigenous group

Health

South American group has the healthiest arteries ever seen

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Display of cakes and scones with gluten-free label

Health

That faddish gluten-free diet may be raising your diabetes risk

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Neanderthals sat round a campfire with bits of meat hanging up in the foreground

Humans

Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers

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Family leaps into swimming pool together

Health

Why we are so bad at spotting if our kids are overweight

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Bowls of fruit and vegetables

Health

You should be eating 10 pieces of fruit or veg every day, not 5

A review of 95 studies suggests we should be eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day to reduce our chances of dying from a heart attack or cancer

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Health

Exercise reduces death from breast cancer relapse by 40 per cent

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Life

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

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Health

Call off the breakfast wars and pass another slice of toast

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Health

Calorie restriction diet extends life of monkeys by years

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