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Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionary design flaws

Rather than assuming medical conditions happen because something in the body has “gone wrong”, considering evolutionary explanations for illnesses and symptoms may help us better understand how to treat them

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Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

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The caudate nuclei, parts of the brain affected by Huntington's disease

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Mutation behind Huntington's linked to higher childhood intelligence

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

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Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun like plants do

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Adult patiria starfish

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Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both

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FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Eve, 1896, by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1896), pastel and gouache, 49x46 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); . (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

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Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

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Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

A child’s jawbone found in Ethiopia is one of the earliest fossils identified as Homo erectus, and shows ancient hominins settled in high-altitude areas

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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Wing-flapping robot helps explain the evolution of insect flight

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Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

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