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New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

An analysis of ancient bones has revealed a previously unknown human species named Homo luzonensis that lived in the Philippines 50,000 years ago

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This illustration shows an artistic reconstruction of two individuals of Peregocetus, one standing along the rocky shore of nowadays Peru and the other preying upon sparid fish. The presence of a tail fluke remains hypothetical.

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Amazing four-legged fossil shows how walking whales learned to swim

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

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

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CRISPR lizard

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Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

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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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satellite ocean scene

Earth

Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life

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

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Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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

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

Megafloods, broken backstops and retreating ice sheets combine in a geological epic: the dramatic story of Britain's protracted original exit from Europe

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Life

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

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Life

How the zebra got its stripes: The problem with 'just-so' stories

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Mind

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

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Life

Controversial fossils suggest life began to move 2.1 billion years ago

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