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Fossil teeth could change our understanding of human evolution

Humans

Did we split from Neanderthals 400,000 years earlier than we thought?

An analysis of fossil teeth suggests that the shared ancestor of modern humans and our Neanderthal cousins may have lived more than 800,000 years ago

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The origins of language discovered in music, mime and mimicry

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Earth

Surprising ways the changing Earth shaped human evolution and society

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Humans

Did the ancestor of all humans evolve in Europe not Africa?

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Men who have children later in life may prime their kids for longevity

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Callao cave

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New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

Humans

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

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Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

Without realising people seem to synchronise their inhales with starting a task, and they sometimes perform better when they do so

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Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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Mind

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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Earth

How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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