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A family of tuskless elephants

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Female African elephants evolved to lose tusks due to ivory poaching

Poaching in Mozambique triggered female elephants in the country to evolve and lose their tusks – but the genetic mutations that cause tusk loss seem to be lethal to male elephants

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Australia's unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity under threat

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2C72R3H Rock carvings from the bronze age with a scene where two men with dogs and spears hunting a huge wild boar. One of the dogs is dead. The carvings are

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Why the ancestors of dogs were our colleagues not friends

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T. rex with feathers: China’s fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story

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T. rex with feathers: China’s fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story

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3d illustration of blood cells and Plasmodium sp. parasite

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Parasite evolution is making it harder to detect and treat malaria

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Wild chimpanzee walking through a forest

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How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago

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Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

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The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

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The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

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Crimson Rosella

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Some animals are evolving new body shapes as the climate changes

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Rapidly evolving bits of DNA helped develop the human brain

Some sections of the human genome have changed quickly during our evolution, and hundreds of them seem to be involved in the development of our brains

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Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of flowers’ evolutionary origins

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We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

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The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution

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Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve

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